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23 Mar 2019, 7:53 pm by Timothy P. Flynn
She cited to the excessive post-Civil War fines in the South designed to subjugate newly freed slaves and maintain the racial hierarchy.Citing the landmark case, Harmelin v Michigan, Justice Ginsburg continued:For good reason, the protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history: Exorbitant tolls undermine other constitutional liberties. [read post]
2 Mar 2013, 8:40 pm by Michael J.Z. Mannheimer
  This view stems from Justice Scalia’s plurality opinion in 1991 in Harmelin v. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 8:40 am by Russ Bensing
  Eight years later, though, the Court backed off of that, upholding in Harmelin v. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 2:51 pm by Gabriel Houghton
  Roberts recognized a proportionality requirement at variance with Scalia’s dissenting opinion in Harmelin v. [read post]