reason.com:  “Over the past three decades, it has become routine in the United States for state, local, and federal governments to seize the property of people who were never even charged with, much less convicted of, a crime.  Nearly every year, according to Justice Department statistics, the federal government sets new records for asset forfeiture.  And under many state laws, the situation is even worse: State officials can seize property without a warrant and need only show ‘probable cause’ that the booty was connected to a drug crime in order to keep it, as opposed to the criminal standard of proof ‘beyond a reasonable doubt.”’ Instead of being innocent until proven guilty, owners of seized property all too often have a heavier burden of proof than the government officials who stole their stuff.”

ABA Journal:  “Headlines about school district battles over student hairstyles are now focusing on Ohio, where a mother of an 11-year-old boy says he was publicly humiliated by a teacher and a classroom aide and has filed a federal lawsuit over their alleged ‘gender-based harassment’ of the boy.  When the unidentified boy was younger, some children teased him about his professionally styled, apparently shoulder-length hair. At that point, his mother, Amanda Anoai, says she told her son to toughen up or cut his hair, reports the Associated Press.”