To: KoRn
I agree. Not that such things matter these days, but there is this:
...nor excessive fines imposed...
Amendment VIII
20 posted on
06/18/2009 9:40:31 PM PDT by
Ken H
To: Ken H
That’s why here in Colorado they impose fines on homeless people with no income and then sentence them to jail for about 10 dollars per day until the fine is paid. Around here sometimes people go to jail for an unpaid fine for jaywalking!
23 posted on
06/18/2009 10:46:16 PM PDT by
LuxMaker
(The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, Thomas J 1819)
To: Ken H
...nor excessive fines imposed... Amendment VIII This is not a fine, but a civil award.
26 posted on
06/19/2009 2:56:43 AM PDT by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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