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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by snicker7 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:52PM (#28635201)
As mentioned in the tweets, the bipartisan FAIR act is supposed to reform civil asset forfeiture.
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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by jjoonathan on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:00PM (#28635315)
> @RepWalberg filed legislation in Congress (FAIR Act) that could end these seizures. The bill’s stuck in committee since April.
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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by pempem on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:30PM (#28635729)
The broken system doesn't mean we don't have the right representation - we have to figure out how to amplify it and fix the system imho
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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by standardUser on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:25PM (#28635647)
There's a bill "in committee" for everything under the sun. It's meaningless.
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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by filoeleven on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:19AM (#28638878)
And just look at the rogues gallery that makes up this committee. Very few of them would be willing to stand up for this.

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by lotsofpulp on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:16PM (#28635555)
Civil asset forfeiture has been a problem for 30+ years and multiple presidential administrations, of both parties.
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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by throwaway0a5e on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:41PM (#28635872)
>reform

I.e. screw slightly fewer people so public forgets about it but law enforcement gets to keep screwing people. They'll never get rid of it completely.

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Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy by 8note on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:52PM (#28637055)
Reform isn't ban
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