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Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause
Coverage of Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court will review Alaska's bid to seize plane over 6-pack of beer
The Supreme Court will review Alaska's attempt to seize a pilot's 1969 Cessna plane over a 6-pack of beer. Pilot Kenneth Jouppi claims the seizure would violate the Eighth Amendment's 'Excessive Fines Clause.'