Jump to Navigation

Property Forfeiture

Preserving American Freedom > Limiting the Expanse of Government Power > Property Forfeiture
All proceeds from civil forfeiture must be deposited into Texas's general revenue fund. When a forfeiture is found invalid, the property's owner must be reimbursed for damage and all other costs associated with the loss of property.We support strengthening present restrictions on use of civil forfeiture laws and assessing penalties to reimburse injured parties for costs accrued if property is returned to its original owner.

Make it specific, and eliminate corrupt incentives for civil forfeiture: all proceeds must go to Texas's general fund. This removes temptation from marginally ethical jurisdictions.

Fault:

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

Random plank

Promoting Individual Freedom and Personal Safety > Individual Freedom > Electronic Privacy
We believe all law-abiding citizensCitizens should be free from government surveillance of their electronic communications except in cases directly involving national security. Except for non-citizens, we furtherwhen authorized by a warrant. We oppose any national ID program, including the Real ID Act and. We oppose the use of Radio Frequency Identification Chips (RFID) on humans except for prisoners.
Reason:

Electronic communications are just a subset of the things that should be protected from unlawful surveillance. Also, national security is just one of many valid reasons why surveillance may be necessary.

RFID can be a useful way to track prisoners.

about a specific bill, too specific

Problems

Show problem parts of the platform:
Platforms promote principles and policies. Planks must not push particular polymorphic political proposals, including bills.about a specific bill (6)
Parts of these were recently implemented.accomplished (11)
Parts of these only promote limited religious viewpoints.advances religious doctrine (8)
Too many positions already overwhelm voters. We cannot add more without a plan to cut ballot complexity.another elected office (6)
The GOP should not be a virulent, anti-homosexual crusade.anti-homosexual crusade (6)
These destroy useful customs or start us down slippery slopes.bad precedent (17)
Cliches belong on the playground, not in serious platforms.cliche (5)
These contradict other planks.contradictory (13)
These simply go too far, overshooting a rational remedy.extreme (25)
These have factual errors.incorrect (11)
These planks advanced contemporary liberal causes or expand government.leftist (22)
These planks require belief in something that is untrue.misinformed (18)
These are not appropriate for a platform document.misuse of platform (6)
These planks have minor punctuation or grammatical errors.needs copyedit (8)
These problems were fixed before the 2008 platform was published.no longer relevant (3)
"Black helicopters" and paranoid conspiracy have no place in our party.paranoid (15)
Parts of these do nothing useful.pointless (61)
These proposals would make our kids stupider.reduces education quality (3)
These planks are internally redundant or repeat other parts of the platform.redundant (41)
These planks should propose a more general solution.too specific (6)
These planks are unclear or unfocused.vague (19)
Puffy prose, hackneyed phrases, and obscure words create pinheaded, unfocused, and inaccessible platforms. Platforms must be simple and direct.wordy (47)

Recent comments