Frames environmental enforcement as rigorous and potentially expansive in its legal tools, though procedurally cautious.
While the article notes the rarity of the forfeiture action, it also provides context that such laws were designed to cover non-criminal infractions like illegal landfills. It includes official statements and legal rationale supporting the use of forfeiture, balancing criticism with legitimacy.
“We absolutely contemplated this possibility,” he said in an interview. “You might either want to take the money that they’re making, or if they’ve got something that’s enabling the crime, an instrument, you might want to take it out of circulation so it’s not being used.””
