If something is taken when you&#x27;re convicted, it&#x27;s usually criminal asset forfeiture.  One argument in favor of civil asset forfeiture is that it is the only way to take assets from the estate of a criminal who died before being convicted.<p>The Supreme Court only takes cases it wants, usually because different circuit courts (the level below the Supreme Court) are at odds with one another.  The Supreme Court also sometimes takes cases which they are certain will have circuit splits, ones of particular importance (Bush v. Gore), and those which are causing a body of law to be developed which the SC justices believe to be incorrect.  Because of these facts, you cannot force a case on to the Supreme Court docket; they are probably waiting for the right case to take.