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January 14, 2015|9:31 am

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015.

WASHINGTON United States Senator Rand Paul stated that "judicial activism" can be a force of good in American politics.

At an event sponsored by the conservative group the Heritage Action for America, the outspoken libertarian-leaning Republican told those gathered Tuesday morning that judicial activism can play a positive role in public policy.

"There is a role for the Supreme Court to mete out justice. The Fourteenth Amendment gives the Supreme Court, gives the federal government a role in saying the states can't do certain things," said Sen. Paul.

"I think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying that 'separate but equal' was fine'."

Paul believes that the conservative position that judicial restraint was intrinsically beneficial was wrong given the need for decisions to combat state-level wrongs like Jim Crow legislation.

"If you're for judicial restraint, I guess then what happens when a legislature does bad things?" asked Paul to an audience that has often expressed support for restraint over activism.

"What happens when a legislature says 'well, we're going to pass Jim Crow laws' should we have an activist court that comes in and overturns that?"

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More than $35 million in property and cash seized by South Australian Police last financial year reflects "unfairly balanced" laws targeting criminal assets, a civil libertarian says.

SA Police this week said luxury cars, homes, jet skis, jewellery, boats and a large amount of cash were restrained by the courts last financial year in a tactic to target the profits of criminals.

Superintendent Wayne Overmeyer said it had bolstered the confiscation branch's claim value from a comparatively small $9 million five years ago.

But criminal defence lawyer and SA Council for Civil Liberties spokesperson George Mancini questioned the fairness of legislation targeting the proceeds of crime.

"Some years ago, there was a man who cultivated some cannabis in his home, and he lost his home," he said.

"But his home had never been connected to crime, other than the fact it was being used this once to grow cannabis. It was certainly not bought from the proceeds of crime.

"Just because a person gets a criminal record, it doesn't mean everything they have is from the proceeds from crime. Many people will acquire property legitimately."

Mr Mancini also questioned the figure claimed by police, saying the total dollar value would ultimately depend on the forfeit orders made by courts.

"It's one thing to say you've got $35 million restrained, but what's the actual yearly recovery?" he said.

Superintendent Overmeyer said the confiscation process included identifying potential assets prior to a planned raid by detectives.

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By introducing a bill this week to halt all United States foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority, Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky was hardly blazing into new political territory. This is the libertarian senator who, in 2011, proposed ending all foreign aid to all countries, after all.

But as with most things in Washington, timing is everything.

Senator Paul clearly has his eye on running for president in 2016, and last week he met with top Jewish donors including casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's surprisingly successful 2012 campaign. The race for Adelson's support among potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates has been called the "Sheldon Adelson Primary."

And Paul has some fence-mending to do.

Israel's staunchest supporters weren't too impressed by Paul's 2011 proposal to end all foreign aid including the $3 billion sent annually to Israel. The criticism grew to such a pitch that Paul reversed course and not only called simply for a freeze of foreign aid at current levels but denied ever having advocated cutting foreign aid to Israel. PolitiFact called this a "Pants on Fire" lie.

Ever since, Paul has steered clear of the aid-to-Israel snarl. But last week, it seemed, was an opportune time to remind Washington of his willingness to block aid to the Palestinians until they accept a cease-fire and recognize Israel's statehood. Paul introduced a similar bill last year.

Paul's action comes on the heels of the Palestinian Authority's admittance to the International Criminal Court. The authority's admittance means it could bring complaints to the court regarding Israel's activities in the West Bank.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also signed 21 other international treaties on New Year's Eve as part of a strategy to force the international community to recognize the Palestinians' claims to statehood. By acting like an independent state, the Palestinian Authority hopes to persuade nations to see Palestinian statehood as a fait accompli.

Neither the United States nor Israel has ratified the statute that underlies the ICC. Israel and the US support the court's goals but say that the process by which individuals can be sent to the court could be politically motivated or manipulated.

The US has spent about $400 million annually on aid for West Bank and Gaza since 2008.

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