The Government Says Money Isn't Property—So It Can Take Yours

“Money is not necessarily ‘property’ for constitutional purposes,” the government’s brief declared—putting the very idea of property in scare quotes.

The government took over $50,000 from a Maryland landscaper after an agency trial where the prosecutor and the judge both worked for the agency. Its defense is that money is not necessarily property. The Institute for Justice wants a real judge and a jury.