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Matt Liles

@lileslawyer

I sue the government for a living. Litigation Fellow @IJ. Views are my own and not very good.

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Qualified immunity turns constitutional rights into meaningless ink on paper—including the rights you might like the best.

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At the nation’s 2nd largest FedEx hub, near Indianapolis airport, police routinely pull parcels from conveyor belts and run them past K-9s. If a dog alerts and officers find cash, Indiana prosecutors try to keep the money through #CivilForfeiture. 🧵 ij.org/press-release/…

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"No one should have their money handed over to the government when the government cannot say what they did wrong." Hard to disagree!

"No one should have their money handed over to the government when the government cannot say what they did wrong." Hard to disagree!
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With civil forfeiture, the government does not have to care about truth. It can take property from innocent people for years without facing any real accountability.

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Economic freedom serves the public interest both because it promotes human dignity for its own sake and because it has contributed to a drastic reduction of poverty in the modern world.

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This homeowner slapped a "LOVE WINS" sign right next to a raging "We Say NO!" anti-housing rant Nothing says "all people are equal" like making sure they can't afford to live near you.

This homeowner slapped a "LOVE WINS" sign right next to a raging "We Say NO!" anti-housing rant

Nothing says "all people are equal" like making sure they can't afford to live near you.
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Nothing will challenge your belief in democracy more than going to a local planning meeting, hearing people say patently absurd and unsupported things, and having those things be the basis for restricting their neighbor’s freedom to use their property.