The issue focused on financial privacy laws and enforcement. Law enforcement officials say federal law enforcement generally uses rules like civil asset forfeiture laws to prosecute criminal activity. And lawyers have argued that prosecutors should not be permitted to obtain legal immunity from lawsuits they sue for constitutional violations.

After Attorney General Eric Holder announced his Justice Department would sue civil asset forfeiture plaintiffs in court, attorneys called the lawsuit unconstitutional. Lawyers also filed a lawsuit challenging federal immigration laws that prohibit illegal immigrants from suing federal government agencies over unlawful searches or seizures. The