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9-0: SCOTUS Rules That Eighth Amendment’s “Excessive Fines” Clause Applies To The States
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| 02/20/2019
| AllahPundit
Posted on 02/20/2019 1:32:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: jimbug
Unlawfully confiscated aka: stolen
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posted on
02/20/2019 1:54:52 PM PST
by
wny
To: Reily
"I guess that means no El Chapo billions (if they even existed & were recoverable!) for the wall." This case was a question of whether "the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment applies to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment."
Since federal seizures already had to meet that standard, this decision doesn't change anything for El Chapo.
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posted on
02/20/2019 1:55:23 PM PST
by
drpix
To: SeekAndFind
Fine!
Now let's get rid of RICO... Clearly the most vile theft ring in the Nation...
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posted on
02/20/2019 1:56:38 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: SeekAndFind
Ginsburg wrote the opinion of the Court. Yes, conspiracy theorists, shes alive. Uh, no.
Corpseburg's law clerks wrote the opinion for Supreme Court seat #6. They also voted seat #6 for the dead gal.
To: erkelly
Its interesting that Ginsburg got the call on the opinion in this case. "Its interesting that Corpseburg's law clerks got the call on the opinion in this case."
Fixed it for AllahDumschitt.
To: SeekAndFind
And they give the easy one to Ruth “Fuzzy Buzzy” Ginsberg. Or a clerk of hers. Put her in hospice and send the clerks home. Justice Thomas did a nice take on that!
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:00:42 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: an amused spectator
And they also were in makeup and disguise sitting next to Chief Justice Roberts and reading the decision aloud to the Court...
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:02:48 PM PST
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: SeekAndFind
Not only did Roberts hand it off, he handed it to the Courts senior liberal...the Court is desperate to prove to the public that this woman is still capable of performing her duties - else loss of public confidence - as though that hasn't happened already.....
To: Dalberg-Acton
Was she ever as sickly as reported ?
THAT would fit (not so sick) this miricle more than the miraculous healing.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:09:41 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
To: SeekAndFind
Here's the entire
Opinion and concurrences (PDF)
I agree with the writer. The oral arguments on this were fairly telling. One of the justices (can't remember who) got the attorney for Indiana to admit that it would be OK with him if the state confiscated a Bugatti from someone merely for driving 5 miles over the speed limit. Even just reading the transcript, you could pretty much tell the justice was floored by this admission.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:12:12 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:16:25 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(Free. Wwg1wga)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Feels like a sign of respect that Roberts trusted RBG with it. Feels more like a swan song to me.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:22:24 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:23:03 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
To: Dalberg-Acton
NRBG has “staff”, just like all of the others.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:25:20 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: All
You all wanna see something pertaining to this?
Read this one. I was on the land after he completed a couple of the ponds. Moose were there, geese and ducks on the water and then the GD scum SOBs from under the bridge got their dander up. A good few DNR boys went into hiding around there for a while..for their safety.
https://www.mackinac.org/3963
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:27:50 PM PST
by
crz
To: jimbug
Now they need to instruct the states to return all the assets they unlawfully confiscated.
Federal agencies also need to do the same.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:30:32 PM PST
by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: sevlex
Boom! There goes asset forfeiture. Yes, but will the thugs have to give back the loot? Not a chance!
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:34:28 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: jjotto
To: Reily
I guess that means no El Chapo billions (if they even existed & were recoverable!) for the wall.
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I don’t see it as comparable ,, El Chapo’s $Billions are 100% certifiable profits from dealing drugs. This guy had assets seized that were unrelated to his crime.
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posted on
02/20/2019 2:50:34 PM PST
by
Neidermeyer
(Show me a peaceful Muslim and I will show you a heretic to the Koran.)
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