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The BRAVEHeARTS Program has been a collaboration

between the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach

and the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

We were approached by the Armory with this idea

to use art to help heal our veterans.

Since we have a Arts for Healing Program started with our youth,

we... the Board decided that what can we do for adults,

and the first thing we thought of were the veterans.

Through the BRAVEHeARTS Program with the Armory Art Center,

we are encouraging veterans to find another outlet.

I have a lot of veterans that I have worked with

that feel comfortable coming to the VA Medical Center

for their care,

but we want to get them more integrated in their communities.

And doing that through the arts

has been a very natural progression.

Getting them comfortable in creating art,

going to a community art center,

feeling part of that community base,

has been really healing and helpful for the participants.

So this therapy for me and others as we say

we... we... we have a group dynamics where we can laugh,

we can joke, and we speak the same language,

whether it be through the pain or our struggles,

but at the same time we motivate each other in here,

and we are being creative and productive at the same time.

Through these classes not only are they finding a home

for groups of veterans to... to come together

and have a shared experience,

but they are also finding community with the instructors

and the people that they are working alongside

with that may not be veterans,

but they are making these new connections in a space

that they probably wouldn't have come to on their own.

I have worked with the BRAVEHeARTS Program

for the ceramics component,

photography component,

painting component,

and now the metal work component,

and I find it very... very beneficial.

A lot of veterans because they struggle with PTSD,

the art helps them with their mental health

helps the right side of their brain

with visualization, it helps with so many things.

I have recently developed my art talent

that I have kind of been on the back-burner

while I was in the military,

and I heard about this and I said, I have never welded.

It sounded intriguing and I have never done metal sculpture

and I said it's a challenge.

I had the opportunity so I did.

The veterans are self-motivated people.

They are... they come in and they are ready to work.

Get... get the job done whatever it is.

In metal sculpture

there is a lot of tedious kind of boring stuff,

grinding, whatever.

These guys just went right after it, you know,

half-hour, 45 minutes grinding away without stopping, so...

It's a great class.

The welding class, I guess, just art in general

because I... I have never been an artist

and I have never been associated with anything like this;

and let me tell you, looking at that eagle,

gives me a lot of pride.

It's just like being in the military.

We've been utilizing teamwork

and everyone is trying to help, and pitch in

come up with a solution if there is an issue that comes up.

I... I had a major operation this year

and I thought it might be

helpful to work with some other guys

and get back on my feet a little bit.

I... I think the final project is going to really look nice.

Once we get it set, once we get it all polished up,

and everything, working on Sundays anyway,

it's going to be really nice!

In the long term they are going to have better success

in sense of achievements.

It helped them be more aware of themselves.

So, I would recommend it as a continued program ongoing,

and more veterans should be more engaged it.

The arts at the end of the day can...

can be challenging people.

They might say, I don't like art,

but if they would really honestly give it a chance,

they would see the real strong benefits of it.

I have been working with veterans for a long time,

and from working with them for years,

they never expected that art can actually

help transform their thinking

and help their mental health.

So, I always recommend it for any veteran,

if they are really give it a chance,

it would definitely help improve their mental health.

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US Congressman Steve King believes dog fighting should be LEGAL! - Duration: 3:01.

Congressman Steve King [R, Iowa] believes dog fighting should not be illegal in in the

United States.

His explanation for this baffling statement?

Since humans are allowed to fight, why not allow dogs as well?

'It's wrong to rate animals above human being' King opinatined during an interview

at a town hall.

'There is something wrong with society to make it a crime to watch dog fighting, but

there is no law that bans somebody to watch people fight'.

(An audio recording of his statement can be listened below in the video)

If we take King's statements into account, then society should be allowing animals to

enroll in university and get pets to pay their taxes.

The fundamental difference between humans and animals is that humans have a choice.

If a person wants to be a professional boxer, for instance, he is entering a bout fully

aware of what he is doing.

It is his choice.

Dogs are certainly not asked if they are willing to bite each other until they die just so

humans can be entertained.

Those dogs are defenseless, they are MADE to do this against their will!

UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Steve King is picking a fight with

the Humane Society of the United States.

On Jan. 29, the congressman from western Iowa tweeted the following: "The Humane Society

of the United States, I have long referred to as the vegan lobby, is raising money again.

Objective: animals = 2 people."

This tweet triggered a flurry of responses from people accusing King of supporting dog

fighting and being an animal hater.

That, in turn, prompted King to emphatically state that he does not support dog fighting.

Then he added one ill-advised suggestion: "You can check my record."

But we already know what his record show right?

– Read below: Unfortunately, Mr. King has a lot to catch

up.

I have also learned that this is not the first time Congressman King has sparked outrage

in the animal rights community.

In February 2010, King tweeted that he chased and shot a raccoon because the helpless animal

had tried to get into his house during a powerful storm.

In July 2012, King strongly opposed the McGovern amendment (in connection to the 1012 farm

bill) that would have established penalties for knowingly attending an animal fight and

for bringing underage children to such events.

King was also one of the members that voted against an upgrade of penalties for transporting

fighting animals across state lines in 2007.

I strongly believe in free speech, but Congressman King's assertions are simply outrageous

and unacceptable Plese share this with your friends and family.

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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Constitutions Ban on Excessive Fines Applies to States - Duration: 2:12.

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Constitutions Ban on Excessive Fines Applies to States

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitutions ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help efforts to rein in police seizure of property from criminal suspects.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the courts opinion in favor of Tyson Timbs, of Marion, Indiana. Police seized Timbs dollar 40,000 Land Rover when they arrested him for selling about dollar 400 worth of heroin.

Reading a summary of her opinion in the courtroom, Ginsburg noted that governments employ fines out of accord with the penal goals of retribution and deterrence because fines are a source of revenue. The 85 year old justice missed arguments last month following lung cancer surgery, but returned to the bench on Tuesday.

Timbs pleaded guilty, but faced no prison time. The biggest loss was the Land Rover he bought with some of the life insurance money he received after his father died.

Timbs still has to win one more round in court before he gets his vehicle back, but that seems to be a formality. A judge ruled that taking the car was disproportionate to the severity of the crime, which carries a maximum fine of dollar 10,000. But Indianas top court said the justices had never ruled that the Eighth Amendments ban on excessive fines like much of the rest of the Bill of Rights applies to states as well as the federal government.

The case drew interest from liberal groups concerned about police abuses and conservative organizations opposed to excessive regulation. Timbs was represented by the libertarian public interest law firm Institute for Justice.

Law enforcement authorities have dramatically increased their use of civil forfeiture in recent decades. When law enforcement seizes the property of people accused of crimes, the proceeds from its sale often go directly to the agency that took it, Institute for Justice lawyer Wesley Hottot said in his written arguments in support of Timbs.

For ordinary citizens, the real world consequences can be devastating, Hottot said.

The case is Timbs v. Indiana, 17 1091.

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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Constitutional Ban On High Fines Applies To States HuffPost - Duration: 3:09.

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Constitutional Ban On High Fines Applies To States HuffPost

WASHINGTON AP — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitutions ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help efforts to rein in police seizure of property from criminal suspects.

Timbs pleaded guilty, but faced no prison time. The biggest loss was the Land Rover he bought with some of the life insurance money he received after his father died.

Timbs still has to win one more round in court before he gets his vehicle back, but that seems to be a formality. A judge ruled that taking the car was disproportionate to the severity of the crime, which carries a maximum fine of dollar 10,000. But Indianas top court said the justices had never ruled that the Eighth Amendments ban on excessive fines — like much of the rest of the Bill of Rights — applies to states as well as the federal government.

The decision is an important first step for curtailing the potential for abuse that we see in civil forfeiture nationwide, said Sam Gedge, a lawyer with the Institute for Justice.

Law enforcement authorities have dramatically increased their use of civil forfeiture in recent decades. When law enforcement seizes the property of people accused of crimes, the proceeds from its sale often go directly to the agency that took it, the law firm said in written arguments in support of Timbs.

As it did in earlier cases applying parts of the Bill of Rights to the states, the court based its decision on the part of the 14th Amendment that says no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. That same provision, the due process clause, also was used in cases that established a womans right to an abortion and knocked down state laws against interracial marriage and gay sex.

The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to ensure the rights of newly freed slaves.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to say he would have used a different part of the 14th amendment to achieve the same result. Thomas has long been a critic of the courts application of the due process clause, which also is found in the Fifth Amendment. He wrote that cases that employ the provision are some of the courts most notoriously incorrect decisions, including the abortion rights landmark case Roe v. Wade and the 1857 Dred Scott case that held that African Americans were not citizens.

Thomas said he would have relied on the Constitutions language forbidding states from making or enforcing any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

Justice Neil Gorsuch also expressed his preference for the privileges or immunities clause.

The case is Timbs v. Indiana, 17 1091.

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Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says The New York Times - Duration: 4:13.

Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says The New York Times

The number of hate groups in the United States rose for the fourth year in a row in 2018, pushed to a record high by a toxic combination of political polarization, anti immigrant sentiment and technologies that help spread propaganda online, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday.

The law center said the number of hate groups rose by 7 percent last year to 1,020, a 30 percent jump from 2014. That broadly echoes other worrying developments, including a 30 percent increase in the number of hate crimes reported to the F.B.I. from 2015 through 2017 and a surge of right wing violence that the Anti Defamation League said had killed at least 50 people in 2018.

Were seeing a lot of bad trends, Heidi Beirich, the director of the intelligence project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in an interview on Wednesday. There are more hate groups, more hate crimes and more domestic terrorism in that same vein. It is a troubling set of circumstances.

Ms. Beirich said the increase in extremist activity tracked by her team began in earnest in the early days of the 2016 presidential election, when anxieties over immigration helped propel President Trump to the White House. Before that, she said, the number of hate groups had fallen for three straight years.

Trump has made people in the white supremacist movement move back into politics and the public domain, Ms. Beirich said. He is a critical aspect of this dynamic, but he is not the only reason why the ranks of hate groups are growing. The ability to propagate hate in the online space is key.

The center said in a statement that most hate groups in the United States espoused some form of white supremacist ideology, including neo Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, neo Confederates and white nationalists. It said the number of white nationalist groups jumped by almost 50 percent, to 148 in 2018 from 100.

For the purposes of its study, the center said it considered any organization whose leaders, activities or statement of principles attacks an entire class of people to be a hate group. Violence is not a prerequisite.

The centers findings run parallel to a in the United States that was issued last month by the Anti Defamation Leagues Center on Extremism.

That report said that right wing extremism was linked to every extremist related killing the group tracked in 2018, at least 50, and that jihadist groups were linked to none. It said that made 2018 the deadliest year for right wing extremism since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

The law center and the Anti Defamation League both pointed to at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in October as a symptom of the increasingly combustible mix of anti immigrant sentiment, violence and online conspiracy mongering.

The white supremacist attack in Pittsburgh should serve as a wake up call to everyone about the deadly consequences of hateful rhetoric, Jonathan A. Greenblatt, the president of the Anti Defamation League, said in a statement accompanying its report. Its time for our nations leaders to appropriately recognize the severity of the threat and to devote the necessary resources to address the scourge of right wing extremism.

But the rise in anti immigrant sentiment had also created an equal yet opposite reaction, the Southern Poverty Law Center said. As the number of white supremacist groups rose, so did the number of radical black nationalist groups that espoused anti white, anti Semitic or anti gay and anti transgender views.

The center said the number of those groups had risen to 264 in 2018 from 233 in 2017, but it noted that the influence of black nationalism in mainstream politics was highly limited.

It did, however, point specifically to comments by the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who the center said echoed white supremacist myths of a looming white genocide in his rhetoric about President Trump, whom he has accused of planning genocide against African Americans.

Mr. Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam have been connected to a organization, two of whose national leaders have been accused of sympathizing with Mr. Farrakhan and privately expressing anti Semitic opinions.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is based in Montgomery, Ala., has tracked domestic extremism since 1971, but in recent years conservatives have accused it of politicizing its findings and falsely labeling right leaning organizations as hate groups.

The group paid dollar 3.4 million to Maajid Nawaz, a British campaigner against Islamic extremism who sometimes works with conservative anti Muslim politicians, after it included him on a list of anti Muslim extremists in 2016. Richard Cohen, the centers president, said in a that the inclusion of Mr. Nawaz on the list had been wrong.

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Court Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states - Duration: 2:31.

Court Constitutional ban on high fines applies to states

Reading a summary of her opinion in the courtroom, Ginsburg noted that governments employ fines "out of accord with the penal goals of retribution and deterrence" because fines are a source of revenue. The 85 year old justice missed arguments last month following lung cancer surgery, but returned to the bench on Tuesday.

Timbs pleaded guilty, but faced no prison time. The biggest loss was the Land Rover he bought with some of the life insurance money he received after his father died.

Timbs still has to win one more round in court before he gets his vehicle back, but that seems to be a formality. A judge ruled that taking the car was disproportionate to the severity of the crime, which carries a maximum fine of dollar 10,000. But Indianas top court said the justices had never ruled that the Eighth Amendments ban on excessive fines — like much of the rest of the Bill of Rights — applies to states as well as the federal government.

"The decision is an important first step for curtailing the potential for abuse that we see in civil forfeiture nationwide," said Sam Gedge, a lawyer with the Institute for Justice.

Law enforcement authorities have dramatically increased their use of civil forfeiture in recent decades. When law enforcement seizes the property of people accused of crimes, the proceeds from its sale often go directly to the agency that took it, the law firm said in written arguments in support of Timbs.

As it did in earlier cases applying parts of the Bill of Rights to the states, the court based its decision on the part of the 14th Amendment that says "no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law." That same provision, the due process clause, also was used in cases that established a womans right to an abortion and knocked down state laws against interracial marriage and gay sex.

The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to ensure the rights of newly freed slaves.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to say he would have used a different part of the 14th amendment to achieve the same result. Thomas has long been a critic of the courts application of the due process clause, which also is found in the Fifth Amendment. He wrote that cases that employ the provision "are some of the courts most notoriously incorrect decisions," including the abortion rights landmark case Roe v. Wade and the 1857 Dred Scott case that held that African Americans were not citizens.

Thomas said he would have relied on the Constitutions language forbidding states from making or enforcing "any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."

Justice Neil Gorsuch also expressed his preference for the privileges or immunities clause.

The case is Timbs v. Indiana, 17 1091.

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4 States Yoga: February Events - Duration: 4:49.

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Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says The New York Times - Duration: 4:13.

Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says The New York Times

The centers findings run parallel to a in the United States that was issued last month by the Anti Defamation Leagues Center on Extremism.

The center said the number of those groups had risen to 264 in 2018 from 233 in 2017, but it noted that the influence of black nationalism in mainstream politics was highly limited.

For more infomation >> Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says The New York Times - Duration: 4:13.

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Master of Arts (Research on Islands and Small States) - Duration: 2:22.

I'm from the Bahamas

From Samoa

Closer to New Zealand and Australia

From Jamaica

From the Caribbean island

of St Vincent and the Grenadines

I'm from Mauritius,

very close to Madagascar

I come from Malta

currently living in Belgium

So what really prompt me to apply for the programme

was the fact that it was a multidisciplinary programme

and it looked at economic, social and environment aspects

of small islands and developing states.

The interest in learning

the geographical concepts surrounding islands states and small states around

The programme really resonates with us

because it gives us flexible learning

It provides a more holistic dynamic approach

to small islands, so it brings together

not just the geographical content

but we also learn about the political, the social, the economic

An opportunity as well which is great that the University is offering now

is distance learning opportunity

There are many lessons that Jamaica could learn from Malta

Malta is the guru, I suppose

of small islands studies

I'm interested in the tourism aspect

I see myself in the future of policy making

For someone who is aspiring to become an executive,

to become a leader

it provides me with the avenue, the tool that I need

It's very interesting from different backgrounds and specialisms

It's a great opportunity to be studying in this place

There's the issue of climate change

and what the country intends to do about climate change

I'll be doing something that I really like to do as well

That's why I love this, and that's why I chose the course.

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4 States Yoga: Yoga for Kids - Duration: 6:48.

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Trump ISIS wife wont be allowed to return to United States - Duration: 5:32.

Trump ISIS wife wont be allowed to return to United States

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Hoda Muthana was born in New Jersey. She wants to come home and face the U.S. justice system, her familys lawyer tells USA TODAY.

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WASHINGTON ľ President Donald Trump said Wednesday that an American woman who was the bride of an Islamic State fighter and now wants to come home will not be allowed back in the United States.

I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country! Trump wrote on Twitter.

Muthana traveled to Syria and marriedáand hadáa child with an ISIS fighter and now wants to face the U.S. justice system.

But Pompeo said earlier Wednesday that Muthanaáis not an American citizen and "does not have any legal basis, no valid U.S. passport, no right to a passport," contradictingástatements by her familyáand her Florida based lawyer, who said she was born ináHackensack, New Jersey, in 1994.á

I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!

Muthana, who was raised in Alabama, left the United Statesáto join ISISáfour years ago at ageá19. In Syria, she called for Americans to be attacked, and she spread the groupsápropaganda online.á

She is one of aboutá ľ the spouses and children of Islamic State militants ľáheld in a Kurdish run detention camp in northern Syria.á

Muthana is there with her 18 month old son.The childs father is not alive. Two of her previous husbands, both Islamic State militants, are also dead. Muthana is not allowed to leave the camp and has armed guards protecting her from Islamic State sympathizers.áShe is asking to be allowed to return to the U.S. to face due process.á

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"The government needs to engage with her, but not just her;áall of these people who joined ISIS" from the West, saidáHassan Shibly,áMuthanas lawyer.á

"If sheábroke the law, then the justice system can deal with her, and if she didnt break the law, she should come back anyway, so it can be determined if she is a threat."

This undated image provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online. Muthana realized she was wrong and now wants to return to the United States, Shibly, a lawyer for her family said Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Photo11: AP

Shibly said Muthana has realized she made a mistake in movingáto Syria andáwants to return to the USAáto face justice and "pay any debts she has to society." He said she wants to speak out against the Islamic State and help de radicalize other Americans.

Muthana abandoned her family and fled to Syria iná2014, a year after she graduated from high school. She briefly studied at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Shibly shared a letteráMuthana wrote this week in which she describedáherselfáas "naive, angry and arrogant" when she decided to journey to Syria.á

"During my years in Syria, I would see and experience a way of life and the terrible effects of war, which changed me," Muthana wrote. "Seeing bloodshed up close changed me. Motherhood changed me. Seeing friends, children and the men I married dying changed me. Seeing how different a society could be compared to the beloved America I was born and raised into changed me."

Shibly, executive director of the Florida Council on American Islamic Relationsáin Tampa, said it was not clear from a legal standpoint whetheráMuthanas "marrying into ISIS" could warrant a "material support charge" to Islamic State activities, which range from terroráattacks in the USAáand Europeáto beheadings in Iraq and Syria.á

Alan Dershowitz, a former Harvard law professor, said that if he were advising Muthana, he would tell her that coming back to the USAáwould be "risky."áDershowitzátold the New York Post her case would be a "close call" even if all she did was tweet and send emails.

Muthana claimedáto have had no contact with U.S. authorities, and Shibly said she can leave the camp only if the U.S. government asks for her release. Its not clear if it has.áU.S. immigration authorities were not available to answer questions about her case, including whether a U.S. citizen can be barred from entering his or her own country.á

In a briefing, State Department spokesmanáRobert Palladinoáwould not address Muthanas specific case, but said repatriating foreign terrorist fighters to their countries of origin was theá"best solution to preventing them from returning to the battlefield."

Pompeo subsequently issued theástatement Wednesday in which he claimed that Muthana was not a U.S. citizen and would not be allowed back in.

Shibly, however, provided USA TODAYáwith a copy of Muthanas birth certificate, which lists her place of birth as Hackensack, New Jersey.

A birth certificate provided by Hoda Muthanas attorney lists her place of birth as Hackensack, N.J. Muthana traveled to Syria and married, but now wants to return to the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says shes not an American citizen. Photo11: Submitted

Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas, said that Pompeo cant just assert that someone born in the U.S.áis not a U.S. citizen.

"I gather that the governments argument is that she was born to a diplomat who was in the United States on official business, and so was not entitled to birthright citizenship. Thats correct as a matter of law if its true, but its not true just because the government says so," he said in a Twitter message to USA TODAY.á

Only six American militants have returned from fighting or training with militant groups in Syria, according to , a Washington based foreign policy research institute.

All were taken into custody. Muthana may be the first American spouse or partner of an Islamic Stateáfighter who has sought to return home. The New York Times has reported that another woman, dual U.S. Canadian nationaláKimberly Gwen Polman, 46, is also in the al hawl refugee camp in Syria. She left Canada in 2015.á

A similar case in , 19, from London, whoágave birth to a baby boy over the weekend in the same camp where Muthana is held.

Begum, who left Britain for Syria at age 15 and married an Islamic Stateáfighter,áwants to return to Britain for the sake of her childs welfare, but British authorities, including the nations interior minister, indicated they might try to block her return. They might find that difficult to do because a British national cant theoretically be prevented from returning home unless that personáis also a national of another country. Begumáisnt.

The womans London based lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said Tuesday that the British governmentáinformed him that it is trying to strip Begum of her British citizenship.á

As for Muthana, "whether its a few years in jail, 20 years in jailáor no jail, shes open to the legal process, and shes not asking for a free pass, just due process," Shibly said.á

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Supreme Court rules against excessive seizure of property by states - Duration: 4:09.

Supreme Court rules against excessive seizure of property by states

A constitutional provision prohibiting the imposition of excessive fines extends beyond the federal government to states and cities, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The high courts unanimous decision expanding the Eighth Amendments excessive fines clause delivered a victory to an Indiana man who challenged the states seizure of his dollar 42,000 Land Rover. The ruling means in states and cities — like the feds — the amount of the forfeiture must bear some relationship to the gravity of the offense that it is designed to punish.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who returned to the bench for the first time since undergoing lung cancer surgery in December, wrote the opinion.

For good reason, the protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo American history: Exorbitant tolls undermine other constitutional liberties, Ginsburg wrote.

The justices heard oral arguments in the case in November, which raised the question of whether the Eighth Amendments excessive fines clause should be applied to the states under the 14th Amendment — the Reconstruction era constitutional change broadly expanding citizenship rights.

While the Bill of Rights originally applied only to the federal government when enacted, the Supreme Court has since ruled that provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to the states under the 14th Amendment, with the exception of a few. In a 2010 case, the Supreme Court ruled the 14th Amendment prevents the states, as well as the federal government, from infringing on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self defense.

At the center of the Eighth Amendment case is Tyson Timbs, a 37 year old machinist from Marion, Ind., whose Land Rover was seized by the state after he was arrested on his way to sell heroin, to what turned out to be to undercover police officers.

Timbs twice previously sold drugs to undercover officers. The Land Rover was purchased for roughly dollar 42,000 with money Timbs received from his fathers life insurance policy after his death in 2012.

After his arrest, Timbs pleaded guilty to one count of dealing in a controlled substance. He was sentenced to one year of home detention and five years of probation, and had to pay court fees and fines totaling dollar 1,200.

The state then moved to take Timbs Land Rover using civil forfeiture, which gives law enforcement the power to seize property if they suspect its tied to criminal activity.

Following his guilty plea, a trial court in Indiana and the Indiana Court of Appeals found that taking the Land Rover would be grossly disproportional to the gravity of Timbs offense — and unconstitutional under the Constitutions excessive fines clause.

The trial judge noted Timbs vehicle was worth roughly four times the maximum monetary fine of dollar 10,000 the state could have levied against him for his crimes.

But the Indiana Supreme Court disagreed, and said the Supreme Court has never held that the states are subject to the Excessive Fines Clause.

The justices sent Timbs case back to the lower court for further proceedings.

Protection against excessive punitive economic sanctions secured by the clause is, to repeat, both fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty and deeply rooted in this nations history and tradition, Ginsburg wrote.

During oral arguments, the justices seemed poised to rule in Timbs favor, paving the way for him to get his Land Rover back.

The case brought together a diverse coalition who supported Timbs, uniting the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Americans for Prosperity.

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States join forces to fight Trumps national emergency in court Politics WORLD - Duration: 1:59.

States join forces to fight Trumps national emergency in court Politics WORLD

A coalition of 16 states has officially filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps emergency declaration to pay for a wall on the U.S. Mexico border. The , filed Monday in San Francisco, argues that the presidents emergency declaration on Friday constituted an abuse of presidential power by circumventing Congress. Contrary to the will of Congress, the president has used the pretext of a manufactured crisis of unlawful immigration to declare a national emergency and redirect federal dollars, the lawsuit says. The plaintiff states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Virginia.

Trump condemned the move Tuesday. As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! he . The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the Trump administration before in other immigration matters such as the 2017 ban on travelers from some Muslim majority countries.

Lawmakers granted Trump dollar 1.4 billion for new border barriers in a budget bill compromise to prevent another partial government shutdown last week, a far cry from the dollar 5.7 billion the White House originally demanded. The president intends to redirect funding from several places, including a drug interdiction program and military construction, to get more money for the wall.

Harvest is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute and a reporter for WORLD.

We should be suing CAL and other states over the money they demand to keep illegals from being prosecuted for the laws they have broken. It seems they bypassed legal paths to get the money they wanted to house and feed illegals. But it certainly doesnt keep illegals from attacking Americans.

????? ????? Youre becoming as incoherent as our president. This slur is too general to be useful. Facts and examples would help.

The only states on the border are illogically liberal. All the others are far removed from the southern border and the problems unique to that area. Interesting commentary on the sorry state of affairs in this formerly great country.

We will have to change our name to The Disunited States of America.

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