SCOTUS IS LAWLESS

SCOTUS IS LAWLESS
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Supreme Court Punt in Tax Fine Case Leaves Uncertainty in Wake
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Massachusetts woman’s appeal alleging that she is facing a $2.17 million IRS civil penalty that violates the Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause. The justices’ move leaves in place a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit against Monica Toth, who was fined because she did not file a Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts form regarding a Swiss bank account.
The court refused on Monday to hear a Massachusetts woman’s challenge to a $2.17 million fine she received for failing to report a foreign bank account. The denial leaves in place an appellate court decision Justice Neil Gorsuch said is difficult to square with the original understanding of the Eighth Amendment. He wanted the court to take up the case. The April decision by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit leaves uncertain whether the Excessive Fines Clause applies to crippling penalties imposed through a civil enforcement process rather than a criminal one, said Sam Gedge, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice who represented Monica Toth in her appeal.

SCOTUS’s First Decision of the Term Is a Unanimous Blow to Disabled Veterans
Why did the liberals co-sign Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s harsh opinion?
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s opinion for the court denied these veterans (and their survivors) the ability to obtain benefits retroactively if they filed a late claim—even if the delay occurred because of their disability, or some other factor beyond their control. It’s a painful blow to military members who were injured while serving their country, and a puzzling one: At oral arguments, the justices sounded divided, yet all three liberals lined up behind Barrett’s harsh opinion. Maybe they genuinely believed that Congress intended to impose an exceedingly stringent deadline on disabled veterans. Or perhaps the three-justice minority is so outnumbered that it has decided to pick its battles, and Arellano was not worth the fight.

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