Ginsburg cites "Anglo-American history" as a positive for liberty in unanimous ruling

[bigsly]

Ginsburg cites "Anglo-American history" as a positive for liberty in unanimous ruling

And, by doing so, no doubt loses at least a few points with her socialist friends.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to drastically curb the powers that states and cities have to levy fines and seize property, marking the first time the court has applied the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines at the state level.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who returned to the court for the first time in almost two months after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, wrote the majority opinion in the case involving an Indiana man who had his Land Rover seized after he was arrested for selling $385 of heroin.

“Protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history for good reason: Such fines undermine other liberties," Ginsburg wrote. “They can be used, e.g., to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies. They can also be employed, not in service of penal purposes, but as a source of revenue.”

While the ruling was unanimous, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate opinion outlining different reasons for reaching the same conclusion -- namely, that "the right to be free from excessive fines is one of the 'privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States' protected by the Fourteenth Amendment." Ginsburg's opinion was based on the due process clause of the same amendment.

The Supreme Court, with its ruling, sent the case of Tyson Timbs back to a lower court to decide if Indiana officials went too far in seizing Timbs’ Land Rover. Timbs, who bought the Land Rover for $42,000 in January 2013, was arrested a few months later for selling heroin and pleaded guilty.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/su...ates-to-impose-heavy-fines-and-seize-property

Has any culture been more appropriated throughout the world than so-called Anglo-American?

 

[pointless]

well, not really. some of us understand what that was in reference to. do you?

 

[bigsly]

Please employ your infamous pointlessness and do expound for "some of us" who obviously do not share your pathetic fondness for socialism.

 

[pointless]

nah. leaving you to your ignorance is far more amusing than educating you.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

And, by doing so, no doubt loses at least a few points with her socialist friends.



https://www.foxnews.com/politics/su...ates-to-impose-heavy-fines-and-seize-property

Has any culture been more appropriated throughout the world than so-called Anglo-American?

well, not really. some of us understand what that was in reference to. do you?

Please employ your infamous pointlessness and do expound for "some of us" who obviously do not share your pathetic fondness for socialism.

nah. leaving you to your ignorance is far more amusing than educating you.

https://media.tenor.com/images/fff1143954d8d9844a168b211c319250/tenor.gif

 

[bigsly]

nah. im just blowing shit out of my ass again.

.....

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Lung cancer? Was/is she a smoker?

 

[BotanyBoy]

nah. leaving you to your ignorance is far more amusing than educating you.

Oh look poinless failing to back up his bullshit again.

Shocking.

And, by doing so, no doubt loses at least a few points with her socialist friends.

Oh man the left must be flipping out over that alt-right Nazi Ginsburg.

 

[HisArpy]

Lung cancer? Was/is she a smoker?

It's her 3rd bout of cancer. All 3 were different types.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

It's her 3rd bout of cancer. All 3 were different types.

Death is stalking her.

 

[HisArpy]

Death is stalking her.

He done caught her and ran away screaming three times now.

I ain't holding out for a fourth attempt anytime soon.

 

[Boxlicker101]

He done caught her and ran away screaming three times now.

I ain't holding out for a fourth attempt anytime soon.

She's hoping to make it through Jan. 20, 2021, in hopes that Trump's successor will be the one to nominate her replacement.

 

[pointless]

you guys still haven't figured it out. that's fucking awesome.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/60/a1/c260a1bd9113aa9335bf34d45e90fc8c.jpg

 

[doowdniw]

Lung cancer? Was/is she a smoker?

Nah, just something to go along with pancreatic and colon.

 

[CandiCame]

well, not really. some of us understand what that was in reference to. do you?

I was gonna say that but you beat me to it.

 

[CandiCame]

Btws, I'm almost positive the lady is a necromancer. Nobody has any right to a mind as sharp as hers, at her age, with her body giving out like it is. That's some kind of devilry and I want to know what it is so I can replicate it.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I have always been uncomfortable with the state being able to seize property from citizens. I's not referring to eminent domain, which applies to real estate and is a different matter, but to personal property. The citizen can retrieve this property, but has to prove he or she did not steal it and did not buy it with only obtained through illegal means. The gov. doesn't have to prove anything, which I consider to be a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment.