Constitutional Accountability Center: Supreme Court Decision on Excessive Fines Clause Reaches the Wrong Result, But Gets the Standard Right
June 24, 2026
June 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on June 23, 2026:
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CAC Release: Supreme Court Decision on Excessive Fines Clause Reaches the Wrong Result, But Gets the Standard Right
Following today's decision at the Supreme Court in Pung v. Isabella County, a case in which the Court considered whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is implicated when a local government seizes real . . .
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CAC Release: Supreme Court Decision on Excessive Fines Clause Reaches the Wrong Result, But Gets the Standard Right
Following today's decision at the Supreme Court in Pung v. Isabella County, a case in which the Court considered whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is implicated when a local government seizes real . . .