Why Brexit Supports Are Unhappy with the Brexit Plan

Why Brexit Supports Are Unhappy with the Brexit Plan

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 957 , Segment 1

Episode: Brexit, Canadian Tweets, Cornea Transplants, Civil Forfeiture

  • Dec 4, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 15:42 mins

Guest: John Longworth, Chair of Leave Means Leave and former Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce British Prime Minister Theresa May has a little over a week to get the UK parliament on board with her plan for an exit from the European Union. But she’s got a lot of opposition on both sides. Those who never wanted a Brexit in the first place hope that tanking the deal Prime Minister May has worked out with the EU will force a new referendum in which they believe British voters will change their minds and opt to stay. On the other hand, Brexit’s most vocal supporters say the deal makes too many concessions to the EU and doesn’t deliver the clean exit British voters chose in 2016.

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Law Enforcement Tool or Legal Theft?

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Guest: Beth Colgan, Professor of Law, UCLA It’s a little known fact that police in most states have the ability to seize property – we’re talking homes, cash, cars – if they suspect the stuff helped in committing a crime. Say, if someone were caught selling drugs, police might seize the car the suspect was driving. In many states, police can even do this before someone is even charged or convicted of a crime. The seized property often gets sold and the law enforcement keeps the cash. “Civil forfeiture” brings in millions of dollars for police every year. And for the last year, the US Justice Department has been encouraging local police departments to seize stuff as a way of funding their crime-fighting efforts.

Guest: Beth Colgan, Professor of Law, UCLA It’s a little known fact that police in most states have the ability to seize property – we’re talking homes, cash, cars – if they suspect the stuff helped in committing a crime. Say, if someone were caught selling drugs, police might seize the car the suspect was driving. In many states, police can even do this before someone is even charged or convicted of a crime. The seized property often gets sold and the law enforcement keeps the cash. “Civil forfeiture” brings in millions of dollars for police every year. And for the last year, the US Justice Department has been encouraging local police departments to seize stuff as a way of funding their crime-fighting efforts.