Criminal forfeiture should be limited to seizing only “tainted” assets. While joint and several liability might make sense in tort law, it does not fit within the framework of criminal law.
The new edition of Bartlett’s Quotations still resists including ideas from the free-market revolution that freed world economies and brought down communism.
Caquelin v. United States is about an abstract but important question: when does the government take abandoned railroad tracks under the Rails-to-Trails Act? Is it when notice is filed or after the negotiation period ends? It may seem unimportant, but the question affects thousands of property owners.
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