Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “Final Gift” to Trump Backfires on Radical Left
Submitted by Mr. Leather with observations/comments
by Clayton Keirns, I Love My Freedom
Former President Donald Trump, who moved quickly to appeal a recent judgment against him in New York civil court, has former liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to thank according to filings by his attorneys submitted earlier this week.
A previous opinion by Ginsburg is cited heavily in Trump’s appeal of a $454 million judgment by Judge Arthur Engoron concluding his real estate business artificially inflated the value of its assets in order to obtain advantageous business contracts. In a unanimous 2019 ruling on Timbs v. Indiana, Justice Ginsburg wrote on behalf of the court that the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits excessive fines, is applicable in state cases.
During a recent Fox News town hall, President Trump read from the Eighth Amendment, which states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
The Timbs case was a blow to the state of Indiana, which attempted to confiscate a $42,000 Land Rover vehicle owned by resident Tyson Timbs who owed approximately $10,000 in fines related to a criminal case.
“The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause,” the Supreme Court found at the time.
“The prohibition embodied in the Excessive Fines Clause carries forward protections found in sources from Magna Carta to the English Bill of Rights to state constitutions from the colonial era to the present day,” Ginsburg argued in the case. “Protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history for good reason: Such fines undermine other liberties.”
“They can be used, e.g., to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies,” she observed.
An AP analysis of 150 civil fraud cases over the past 70 years concluded that President Trump’s case represents the “only big business found that was threatened with a shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses,” according to the Western Journal .
Despite threats from Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James to seize entire skyscrapers owned by Trump if he fails to pay the fine, legal observers believe the Republican may be on solid ground in arguing that the mammoth judgment is a disproportionate punishment for a case where there is no victim of fraud.
“The key to dealing with New York’s attempt to legalize the stealing of President Trump’s property is the 8th amendment and the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling,” conservative scholar Mark Levin said on Fox News earlier this week.
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As the totals are being tallied for the Michigan primary there’s little evidence of negative affect of the radical deep states’ lawfare efforts to undermine our Presidents’ freight train return towards the Resolute Desk. As of 11:15 p.m. ET our President has more than double the votes that Bird Brain Chicken Lips does — 67.3% vs. 27.6%, with 46% votes in.
The daily celebrations of the Soros-backed Attorney General of the Noo Yorkistan Empire and the Woodstock reject, smelly-looking, non compos mentis “judge” Arthur En-moron appear to be a tad premature.
There are two obstacles which could very possibly knock down the unconstitutional actions of said judge, at the least, with the potential for complete dismissal — as being just what it was, unconstitutional. The first would be the Noo Yorkistan Empire Court of Appeals, which I have zero faith in. The second, and the more critical, would be the SCOTUS, upholding the 8th Amendment to the Constitution.
It’s looking more and more like Fani will have her fanny handed to her, at minimum due to her perjury under oath. Not a real good look for an AG. The latest news is a radical ‘hit-man’ lawyer who has been involved in attacking conservative causes for years has been exposed as the source of the conspiracy to create a RICO case against our President and 18 others. Apparently he was responsible for coordinating with the White House in organizing the case.
The case could be completely dropped or another prosecutor could be assigned, but there is a very real possibility that could not be accomplished until after the election, maybe even after our President is sworn in. In that case it’s possible it would likely be dropped.
As far as Jerk Smiths’ case … imagine a house of cards that’s already halfway collapsed. Has his case been delayed until next year … yet?
Alvin Braggs’ case, like throwing poo against a wall and hoping it sticks, not much is sticking. With delays that are reaching later and later, it’s looking like just what it is — a real mess (I would call it a shit-show).
The screeching radical left has failed miserably with their attempts to get our President removed from state ballots. Unconstitutional. Epic fail.
Cry more, libturd snowflakes.
The next eight months will bring more desperate attempts by the deep state in their attempt to keep our President from taking his rightful place in the White House. The closer it gets the more desperate acts they will commit — that’s the reality of where we are. I wouldn’t discount any action from them.
Remember our President is very well aware of what the deep state might attempt … and he’s very well protected.
We must do everything we can — legally — for our nation.
Stay positive. Stay informed. Stay connected.
Keep praying.
The best is yet to come.
WWG1WGA
NCSWIC
to give meaning to the Eighth Amendment’s proscription against excessive fines, fines must be measured against the damage done — and in the case against Donald Trump, no one even suggested that Trump’s financial arrangements had done any damage at all.
SCORE!!! Hadn’t heard this😀