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Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

Update: 2025-09-181
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Can the government take a $95,000 plane because a passenger used it to transport a six pack of Budweiser? The Alaska Supreme Court says yes but the U.S. Constitution says no. 


Today we chat with IJ attorneys Sam Gedge and Kirby West to discuss an outrageous new case from the Last Frontier and how forfeiture interacts with excessive fines, free speech, and more. 


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Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

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