Conservatives Would Be Smart To Push Ballot Measures In Blue States
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Defending innocence: Trump's legal standoff with Letitia James
What’s happened in New York against former President Donald Trump is a blatant violation of the Eighth Amendment, and Mark Levin is going to prove it.
The Eighth Amendment reads: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
In a case from 2019 between Tyson Timbs and the state of Indiana, the standard was set for the United States, as well as the state court, on what it can and cannot do regarding the Eighth Amendment.
Timbs had pleaded guilty in Indiana State Court to dealing in a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit theft.
The response was completely disproportionate to his crimes.
At the time of his arrest, the police seized a Land Rover SUV Timbs had purchased for $42,000 with money he received from an insurance policy when his father died. The Indiana trial court denied the state’s request to turn over his $42,000 car, determining that it would be grossly disproportionate to the gravity of Timb’s offense, and therefore unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause.
“It was a nine to zero decision, not a single justice agreed with the state prosecutors and the state government, not one. The majority opinion had seven bipartisan justices. There were two concurring opinions, but they all agreed that it violated the Eighth Amendment,” Levin explains.
The Supreme Court ruled that these fines undermine other liberties and can be “used to retaliate against or chill the speech of political enemies.”
“In other words, that case that was brought against Donald Trump should never have been brought. There shouldn’t even have been a sentencing hearing, there shouldn’t have been fines, there shouldn’t have been anything,” Levin remarks.
“This case against Donald Trump is a greater, more grave violation than anything we’ve ever seen under the excessive fines part of the Eighth Amendment, and much worse than the Timbs' case,” he adds.
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Most Senate Dems reject proposal to prohibit aid to Palestinian Authority until it renounces terrorism, recognizes Israel
Nearly all Senate Democrats shot down Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) proposal to block U.S. assistance from flowing to the Palestinian Authority until its acknowledges Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, renounces terrorism, and takes various other steps.
Paul's commonsense amendment failed in a 44-50 vote. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who announced last year that he would not seek re-election, was the only Democratic senator to vote in favor of Paul's amendment.
"Except as provided under paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts may be obligated or expended to provide any direct United States assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to the Palestinian Authority or any other Palestinian governing entity in the West Bank and Gaza," the amendment read.
The proposal notes that the prohibition would no longer be in place once the president certifies to the U.S. legislature that the Palestinian entity has "formally recognized the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state," "publicly recognized the state of Israel," "renounced terrorism," "purged all individuals with terrorist ties from security services," "terminated funding of anti-American and anti-Israel incitement," "publicly renounced Hamas and the October 7, 2023, attacks perpetrated by Hamas on Israel," as well as "honored previous diplomatic agreements."
The amendment also stipulated that another condition to lift the aid ban would be that "all hostages abducted on October 7, 2023, and held in territory governed by the Palestinian Authority or other Palestinian governing authority" must be released.
The proposal also called for "a report on the human rights practices of the Palestinian Authority, or any other Palestinian governing entity in the West Bank and Gaza."
Hamas terrorists perpetrated heinous attacks against Israel last year on October 7, slaughtering, raping, and kidnapping people.
"It should not be too much to ask that the recipients of American aid renounce terrorism and cease trying to destroy Israel," Paul noted during a speech.
Last week, Paul issued an anti-endorsement of GOP presidential primary contender Nikki Haley, declaring himself to be "never Nikki."
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