Unfortunately for this argument, the word &quot;reasonable&quot; means pretty much the same thing now as it did in 1787, and is clearly meant to delegate most of the answer to this question to the people (in the form of the legislature), and not the philosopher-kings of the court.<p>You will of course come up with many arguments, virtually all of which I&#x27;ll agree with, that asset forfeiture is &quot;unreasonable&quot;. The problem is that other people disagree with you, and, specifically and distinctively with this particular item in the bill of rights, the court is supposed to defer to the legislature as much as it can.