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Excessive Fines

The IRS hit Monica Toth with a .1 million fine for failing to file a form on time.

IRS

The IRS Serves Its 'Customers' by Terrifying Them

A $2.1 million penalty for failing to file a form on time reveals the agency’s true nature.

Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2023 12:01 AM

Monica Toth

IRS

Supreme Court Declines Case Challenging Excessive IRS Penalties

Should an elderly grandmother be forced to hand over millions of dollars to the government for failing to file a particular form?

Scott Shackford | 1.23.2023 2:00 PM

Excessive Fines

Justice Gorsuch's Dissent from Denial of Review in an Excessive Fines Clause Case

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.23.2023 12:21 PM

Geraldine Tyler is seen at an assisted living facility

Supreme Court

They Fell Behind on Their Property Taxes. So the Government Sold Their Homes—and Kept the Profits.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler's case challenging home equity theft.

Billy Binion | 1.17.2023 4:53 PM

Foreclosure

Takings

Supreme Court Decides to Hear Case Challenging State Law Empowering Government to Seize Entire Value of a House to Pay Much Smaller Property Tax Debt

Minnesota law allowed Hennepin County to seize a $40,000 home owned by a 93-year-old widow to pay off a $15,000 tax debt.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.14.2023 12:17 AM

Brittany Coleman

Qualified Immunity

Woman Can Sue Alabama Cops for Towing Car as Part of Town's Profiteering Scheme

A federal judge denied qualified immunity for officers accused of making up charges to get money from fines.

Scott Shackford | 10.31.2022 2:30 PM

Jaywalking man

California

Decriminalizing Jaywalking in California Will Help Reduce Police Harassment

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in September that will chip away at a policy that has long been criticized as enabling racially-motivated policing.

Emma Camp | 10.27.2022 10:50 AM

Serafim Katergaris

Excessive Fines

He Didn't Break Any Rules. New York City Is Demanding He Pay a Fine Anyway

The Big Apple's building regulations are almost impossible to navigate, and officials like it that way.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.19.2022 7:00 AM

Monica Toth

Supreme Court

This Grandmother Didn't Submit the Proper Banking Form. Now the IRS Wants $2.1 Million From Her.

She’s asking the Supreme Court to consider whether this seizure is an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment.

Scott Shackford | 8.30.2022 2:10 PM

Police officer writing a ticket

Police

This Alabama Town's Shakedowns Are So Egregious That the Justice Department Is Backing a Suit Against It

Brookside faces several federal challenges for trying to fund its city by ticketing and towing the cars of anybody they can get away with.

Scott Shackford | 7.28.2022 1:55 PM

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Civil Liberties

Illinois Appeals Court Rules Chicago Slapped Drivers With Illegally High Fines for Years

A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.

C.J. Ciaramella | 5.9.2022 4:33 PM

Free Speech

Washington S. Ct. Upholds $18M Fine for Violating Campaign Disclosure Rules

The court rejected an Excessive Fines Clause challenge (by a 5-4 vote) and a First Amendment challenge.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.20.2022 12:00 PM

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