NR Daily: Asset Forfeiture: Lessons from Mississippi

Here's what we learned from enacting and defending a modest reform.

February 13 2019

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Asset Forfeiture: Lessons from Mississippi Aaron Rice To elected leaders in states still weighing forfeiture reforms: Don't fall for false dichotomies. Trust your citizens. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Republicans Are Stuck with a Lousy Deal The Editors The reported deal with congressional Democrats is lousy, but Trump has no choice except to take it. There Is No New Deal Jonah Goldberg There was never any single "New Deal," just eight years of constant experimentation and improvisation. FEMA Administrator Brock Long Resigns Mairead McArdle William 'Brock' Long, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the past two years, announced his resignation and retirement on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously Kevin D. Williamson A just-abandoned "bullet train" in California is a metaphor for the expensive, unworkable dreams of the Green New Deal. A Little Less Tariff, a Lot More Booze C. Jarrett Dieterle and Clark Packard President Trump wants to preserve manufacturing jobs, but his tariffs are costing the U.S. jobs in one of its most successful industries--drinks manufacturing. Why Social Security Expansion May Stiff the Poor Andrew Biggs The Social Security 2100 Act doesn't live up to the rhetoric. It would offer poorer retirees little. Trump Can Win Again Only If Democrats Keep Moving Leftward Jonah Goldberg If the Democrats present a face that is scarier than the reality show of the previous four years, many Americans could vote against the Democrats rather than for the Republicans. Abortion-Rights Group Blasts Sinema for Backing Trump Judicial Nominee Mairead McArdle Abortion-rights advocates have turned on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after she announced she would vote to confirm one of President Trump's judicial nominees. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Top Shots Cartoons of the Day: February 13, 2019 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.