Rough Seize Ahead – Do Asset Forfeiture Proposals Throw Due Process Overboard?

June 9, 2022  |  New York Law Journal

In April, riding a wave of bipartisan political support, the Biden Administration and House of Representatives proposed expanding the executive branch’s authority to freeze, seize, and forfeit to the people of Ukraine assets of individuals perceived to be aligned with the Russian government. In our latest article for the New York Law Journal, “Rough Seize Ahead – Do Asset Forfeiture Proposals Throw Due Process Overboard?,” we discuss how laws imposing criminal and other serious sanctions based on political affiliation should raise questions for those concerned about politicizing enforcement of the law and the due process protections.

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