[Newsmax] Amid former President Donald Trump's scramble to secure bond in the multi-million dollar judgment against him in New York, he might look to the unlikeliest of figures for legal aid from the late, and famously liberal, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ginsburg delivered the high court's opinion in Timbs v. Indiana on Feb. 20, 2019, in which she laid out how the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states as well as the federal government.
The judge ruled that taking the vehicle was an excessive fine because it was worth four times the penalty and excessive fines are prohibited by the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.
The ruling was upheld by the Court of Appeals, but the Indiana Supreme Court overturned it on the grounds that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines only applies to the federal government and not to the states.
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that it does, in fact, bind the states as well.
"The Excessive Fines Clause traces its venerable lineage back to at least 1215," Ginsburg wrote. "Magna Carta required that economic sanctions 'be proportioned to the wrong' and 'not be so large as to deprive [an offender] of his livelihood.'"
"For good reason, the protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history: Exorbitant tolls undermine other constitutional liberties," she wrote. "Excessive fines can be used, for example, to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies."
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NY will grab it anyway, destroy it, and then give it back in rubble. He will sue, and die long before they settle.
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They always go too far. Trudeau froze bank accounts and tripped a run on banks throughout all of Canada. She will seize his property. It will take the city decades to restore from the loss of business confidence.
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It will take the city decades to restore from the loss of business confidence.
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Destroying real estate values and bankrupting businesses is part of the plan so that the elite urbanites can pay pennies on the dollar and then restore law and older. Call it pre-gentrification value destruction.
[REDSTATE] Hunter Biden demanded a hearing on Capitol Hill and then didn't show up. Perhaps he should have, because his allies in the Democratic caucus aren't handling things well.
In the gift that just keeps on giving, Tony Bobulinski's testimony once again produced a must-see moment, this time involving the esteemed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The congresswoman tried to pin the witness down on noting "specific crimes" he witnessed Hunter and Joe Biden commit.
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I guess she wasn't expecting him to be ready with an actual answer because he triggered her harder than a long day at the range.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: I have a quick question. Simple. Is it your testimony today that you personally witnessed President Joe Biden commit a crime?
BOBULINSKI: I believe the fact that he was sitting with me while I was...(AOC interrupts)
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Did you witness the president commit a crime? Is it your testimony today?
BOBULINSKI: Yes
OCASIO-CORTEZ: What crime do you, have you witnessed?
BOBULINSKI: How much time do I have to go through it?
OCASIO-CORTEZ: It is simple, you name the crime. Did you watch him steal something?
BOBULINSKI: Corruption statutes, RICO and conspiracy, FARA (AOC interrupts)
OCASIO-CORTEZ: What is the crime, sir? Specifically?
BOBULINSKI: You ask and answer the question, I answered the question, RICO, you're obviously not familiar with
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, sir. RICO is not a crime, it is a category. What is the crime?
I thought bartenders had high social intelligence.
BOBULINSKI: It is a category of crimes that you are then charged under.
That's just the first two minutes of the exchange. It continued for another three minutes, in which Ocasio-Cortez shouted for the cameras, demanding the impeachment investigation be ended because of her supposedly brilliant pre-written speech. Yes, you can see her looking down to read it verbatim throughout the exchange.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] In November 2022, Rep. Janel Brandtjen, then Chair of the Assembly on Campaigns and Elections, sent out an election fraud alert.
Rep. Brandtjen received three authentic military ballots to her home addressed to "Holly," a woman who has never lived there.
Brantjen believed this was part of a scheme to steal votes in Wisconsin.
The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on this 2020 voter fraud scheme in several battleground states where military ballots shockingly went almost entirely to Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences... . We posted evidence that this occurred in Michigan, Arizona and Georgia.
Later that week Wisconsin radio host Dan O’Donnell broke the news that Kimberly Zapata, the deputy director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, was fired for committing election fraud.
Milwaukee Elections Commission Director Claire Woodall-Vogg, who we have spotlighted several times at The Gateway Pundit for her questionable actions, says she believes that Zapata was attempting to point out that military ballots can be requested and sent out without a photo ID or even voter registration.
Democrats say Zapata was trying to prove how easy it was to request fake ballots when she committed her crime. Democrats rushed in to defend her. Democrats argued that this was all a conspiracy theory. Even though it worked EXACTLY like Zapata said it would.
Kimberly Zapata later lawyered up.
The Thomas More Society Attorneys Erick Kaardal, Michael Gableman, and Rep. Brandtjen filed a lawsuit on Friday November 4, 2022.
Don’t be fooled. If you believe this was the only instance of military voter fraud in the state, you are highly mistaken.
Fast forward to today —
On Wednesday Kimberly Zapata was found guilty on ALL counts against her for illegally requesting military ballots.
FOX 6 Now reported:
A Milwaukee County jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Kimberly Zapata — and found Zapata guilty on all counts against her.
Zapata is the fired Milwaukee Election Commission deputy director accused of illegally requesting military ballots and sending them to the home of State Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls).
Zapata did not testify in her own defense. She was charged with election fraud. Prosecutors say in 2022, she ordered military ballots using names she made up. Zapata told Sherlocks she was trying to prove there is fraud in our election system. She said she never intended the ballots to be processed...
...In Wisconsin, military voters do not have to show a photo ID to receive an absentee ballot.
Court documents say clerks sent three ballots to the home of State Rep. Janel Brandtjen — who then reported them to the authorities.
[FOXNEWS] A longtime professor at Arizona State University (ASU) sued the university on Tuesday over a mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course for faculty, arguing it violates state law.
Owen Anderson, a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at ASU, is suing the school with the help of the conservative nonprofit the Goldwater Institute, claiming it is in violation of a two-year-old state law that forbids public agencies from requiring employees to engage in training that presents any form of "blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex."
Anderson could face discipline from his superiors for refusing to participate in the DEI training, according to a blurb from the Goldwater Institute. The complaint alleges the training discriminates by "compelling the speech of public employees by requiring faculty and staff to take an examination following a training that presents forms of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex, and answer with Arizona State University’s ’correct’ answers, in violation of the Arizona Constitution."
"I shouldn’t be forced to take training and affirm ideas with which I disagree as a condition of employment,’" Owen said in the blurb. "This ’training’ is simply racism under the guise of DEI. It goes against my conscience, and I want no part of it."
[JustTheNews] While the continued influx of migrants comes at a cost of more than $61 million, resources for feeding those in the shelters are running low, and the city is looking to amend two contracts at the city council meeting on March 20.
File under hoist by their own petard.
In December 2023, the city of Denver agreed to a $100,000 contract to feed incoming migrants with Colorado Hospitality Services.
After a year, that contract was increased to $475,000 in January 2024. Then, the city had to pay another $450,000 in February 2024.
Now, Denver City Council is looking at another $500,000 to pay for food costs through June, raising the total to $1.4 million.
The city is facing the same issue with the other food provider for migrants that was contracted. Michaels of Denver Catering, Inc., started out with a $500,000 contract to feed the incoming migrants in May 2023. That increased to $1 million in October. Now, the city will review another $350,000 that will cover the costs through June.
"Due to the sustained high volume of newcomers, the current purchase order is exhausted and we are seeking to increase it again," the city stated in a memo to the council explaining the reason for skyrocketing costs.
Denver has continued to receive an influx of migrants, with nearly 40,000 arriving in the city over the past year due to its status as a sanctuary city, and the cost is continuing to grow.
Since the beginning of the migrant crisis, the city has served 39,605 migrants and asylum-seekers. Still, it faces a growing deficit as Denver continues to receive newcomers and offers food, shelter, and other services.
The city continues to shelter 1,150 individuals while phasing out some services this week by closing one of five hotel shelters currently in use.
Denver recently received a $3.5 million reimbursement from the state of Colorado and a $1.6 million advancement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with $12.2 million in potential federal reimbursements currently pending, according to a Mar. 18, 2024 update from the city.
All of which will disappear, should Donald Trump be elected.
Denver currently faces a nearly $60 million budget deficit, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has said for the city to maintain current services that are provided for migrants, it would cost taxpayers well over $100 million over the next year, as previously reported by The Center Square.
Giving the voters what they demanded, good and hard.
While the continued influx of migrants comes at a cost of more than $61 million, resources for feeding those in the shelters are running low, and the city is looking to amend two contracts at the city council meeting on March 20.
The city of Denver did not reply to email seeking comment.
Speaking of soaring costs.
Yesterday, while to restock House items.
I quickly notice:
Eggs were now $2.88 a dz. up from $1.68 (+71.42% increase).
Bread was up 35cents a loaf and there are many more examples in just a week.
What had me wondering was SAM's Gas here.
Over night went from $3.09 to $3.69 a gallon (87 Octane).
But strangely many Big Name Brand Gas stations in the area are still selling even this morning at $3.29 a gallon (87 Octane) $0.40 less than SAM's.
Add to it a neighbor friend pointed out Murphy Gas, just up the street from than SAM's, was $0.50 cheaper than SAM's a Gallon?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that it does, in fact, bind the states as well.
[REDSTATE] Hunter Biden demanded a hearing on Capitol Hill and then didn't show up. Perhaps he should have, because his allies in the Democratic caucus aren't handling things well. 
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
