Six years ago, in Timbs v. Indiana, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a majority opinion that pointed out the origins of the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause and the original ...

Following a jury's verdict, a federal court slashed civil penalties under the False Claims Act ("FCA") as violative of the Constitution's 8th Amendment. A new federal court ruling highlights a defense ...

Issue: Whether the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution provides the sort of explicit textual source of constitutional protection for overdetention such that the Eighth Amendment, not substantive due ...