Grits for Breakfast

Check out the latest episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast from Just Liberty . You can listen to it here or access it on all the usu...

While work and family obligations have intervened to disrupt regularly scheduled blogging, here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits...

Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers attention at the legislative session begins to heat up. Rebellion of the Clerks: A s...

Here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits readers' attention while your correspondent's is focused elsewhere: San Antonio is ...

Remarkably, President Trump's critical comments last week about Texas senators supporting asset-forfeiture reform legislation appear to ...

The media's typical response to President Trump in these early days of his presidency has been to react to his outlandish statements wh...

This blog attempts where possible to avoid national politics, culture war debates, and certainly President Donald Trump. But the president i...

Grits has a busy day today so let's round up a few items which might have made it into individual blog posts if I had more time. Come ...

Grits readers are an informed lot, so I'll keep this short and sweet. If you live in Texas and support requiring a criminal conviction...

What a world we live in. Asset forfeiture by the government now  takes more money from people than burglars  and the number of heroin deat...

Here's more fuel for the fire over policing for profit:  The Texas Supreme Court today ruled that law enforcement can seize assets even ...

Next Monday and Tuesday will be full days at the capitol for criminal-justice reform topics, with three different committees holding hearing...

Check out a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Derek Cohen on geographical asset forfeiture patterns. (See the press re...

Let's share a few links with Grits readers, just to clear the browser tabs: Charles Sebesta as Inspector Javert Defrocked prosecutor ...

Take a moment to let the meaning of this chart from the Washington Post (11/23) sink in: The federal government now seizes more assets...

Quite an array of bills on asset forfeiture reform have been featured lately on the western side of the capitol, if not so much in the press...

Some folks at the Texas capitol considered state Rep. David Simpson and Sen. Konni Burton radical for filing legislation ( here and here ) ...

Here are a few odds and ends that deserve readers' attention but didn't make it into individual posts during a busy week: State ba...

On Wednesday, your correspondent testified on behalf of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition in favor of SB 95 by Sen. Juan Hinojosa which ...