ANOTHER THING THE NEW GOP CONGRESS COULD DO IS ELIMINATE ASSET FORFEITURE STATUTES: Highway seizure in Iowa fuels debate about asset-forfeiture laws.

Related: Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize.

Plus: “IF IN DOUBT…TAKE IT!” Behind Closed Doors, Government Officials Make Shocking Comments About Civil Forfeiture. “Just think what you could do as the legal department. We could be czars. We could own the city. We could be in the real estate business.”

When the police act as predators and see the populace as prey, the result is nothing even close to “law enforcement.”