On the one hand: this is a smart thing to do. “Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.” Asset forfeiture is one of those things that happens mostly under the public’s radar, but it’s a situation that concerns people across the ideological spectrum. Having asset forfeiture put under constraints is something that I’d like the Attorney General to do, actually. Continue reading My [qualified] endorsement of Attorney General Eric Holder’s (D) new limits on asset forfeitures.