miketx
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If this is what it appears to be then it's a major win for civil rights. No doubt this was always supported by corrupt politicians and high ranking libercrat cops. Maybe Ginsburg is trying to avoid hell. Or maybe she took up Pascal on his wager.
And Ginsberg wrote the reason.
"For good reason, the protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history," wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the opinion. "Excessive fines can be used, for example, to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies," she wrote, or can become sources of revenue disconnected from the criminal justice system.
Many states claim stuff can be taken for being involved in a crime – without any proof. This is a real win for our Republic.
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