Supreme Court Rules 9-0 That 8th Amendment Applies to Civil Seizures

This is a real short diary but I thought this decision was important. The court just ruled that the 8th Amendment protections against excessive fines and fees are incorporated to the states. The decision is here:

Timbs v. Indiana

I haven’t read it yet, but the fact that it is unanimous is significant. This decision gives citizens a tremendous weapon against civil seizure. And apparently cases are already lined up in various state courts in anticipation of this decision.

Reportedly the high point of the hearing was when Justice Breyer got the Indiana Solicitor General to admit that under his logic, a driver’s car could be seized for exceeding the limit by 5 mph.

Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 · 6:12:28 PM +00:00 · T100R

As per VCLib’s comment below, Amy Howe at scotusblog has a good summary here: www.scotusblog.com/….

Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 · 6:56:13 PM +00:00 · T100R

And david78209 provided this link to the Washington Post coverage:

www.washingtonpost.com/...