October2016

October 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Last week, the Chicago Reader published an investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s civil asset forfeiture fund and its findings aren’t pretty. The Institute for Justice, a Libertarian nonprofit public-interest law...

October 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Norman McIntosh, Charles Johnson, and Mark Madson are the latest three wrongfully convicted people who’ve walked out of a hellhole the maximum security Stateville Correctional Center located in The Second...

October 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Police are quick to respond with criminal charges when civilians are caught by local scolds leaving their children in cars. If the kid is in a vehicle, in plain sight,...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross Fordham Law School Professor John Pfaff, whose scholarship has focused on the root causes of over-incarceration. Q. Before you came to Fordham...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — It’s obvious that the latest political ad against Vice-Presidential hopeful Tim Kaine seeks to appeal to those who are primarily driven by their lizard brain, and to the Philistines who...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Following a previous arrest for assault not too long ago, he was just arrested on a misdemeanor concealed...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — While I have suggested that the Supreme Court “STFU,” Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama has openly defied the rulings of the Court while acting as a judge.  Judicial criticism of...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If you ever fought a traffic ticket in court, you are aware that your adversary will be the police officer who wrote you the ticket. The officer becomes the de-facto...

Oct. 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) – It’s early in the morning, and you’ve fallen asleep in your seat at the local railway station. A transit cop walks by and sees you. Does he Leave you to...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In theory, the Double Jeopardy Clause means that the government gets only one chance to convict you. But naturally, that’s bogus. They get tons of chances to convict you. They can...