Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P...
by masonic on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:13PM
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Had the 8th Amendment not been considered to have been incorporated before this?
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P...
by perpetualpatzer on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:04AM
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The excessive fines clause hadn't, probably in no small part because states would argue "this is a reasonable fine" rather than "we're allowed to give unreasonable fines."
I believe cruel and unusual punishment would have come up in method of execution cases, but not sure of the case.