Ahabism
At this blog we have raised several times the issue of civil asset forfeiture. When the state seizes private property without due cause, we are confronted with the ancient evil of Ahab and Jezebel. It turns out that Ahabism is alive and well in our day.
Angelo Codevilla describes the practice as follows:
Civil forfeiture was revived as a measure against drug dealers. But according to James Bovard, 80 percent of the people whose property is seized under drug laws are never formally charged with any crime. The percentage of those whose property is seized by the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Fish and Wildlife Service and who are never charged, must less convicted, is even higher. The Supreme Court has ruled that even a person's total innocence does not protect that person's property. What a weapon against a citizen!
