Asset forfeiture is the process local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies use to seize property they allege was used to facilitate a crime or is the result of a crime. It is a vestige of English law that was used to combat piracy. Or maybe more accurately what Britain described as piracy—not complying with…

  The Trump Administration has taken an important step in overhauling the administrative state by tackling the rampant abuse of agency “guidance.”   Instead of issuing formal rules, agencies have come to rely on informal interpretations, advice, statements of policy and other forms of regulatory “guidance” that declares agency views on what the public should or…

The two executive orders issued by the White House—“Bringing Guidance out of the Darkness,” and “Transparency and Fairness”—promise to start clearing the fog of faulty guidance documents issued by federal administrative agencies in the so-called Washington D.C. “swamp.” The administration should be applauded on taking a decisive step to reduce agency overreach.   Among other mechanisms…