Civil libertarians have a beef with Joe Biden over asset forfeiture

Joe Biden’s decades-old support for tough-on-crime measures like the 1994 crime bill now earns him wrath from those among the far Left. Tangential to that is the beef that civil libertarians have with the former vice president and 36-year Delaware senator over one of their pet issues: civil asset forfeiture.

Civil asset forfeiture, a legal tool used by law enforcement to seize property that has been involved with a crime even if the owner of the property did not take part in a crime, is a legal area heavily focused on by libertarian groups.