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dc.contributor.authorFeinzig, Joshua M.
dc.date2021-11-25T13:36:37.000
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T12:32:34Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T12:32:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-01T00:00:00-08:00
dc.identifierylsspps_papers/132
dc.identifier.contextkey20390626
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17752
dc.description.abstractThis Note coordinates the Eighth Amendment Excessive Fines Clause with the Fourteenth Amendment wealth-discrimination protection set forth in Bearden v. Georgia. It is generally assumed that the two protections operate independently: while the Excessive Fines Clause protects individuals against exorbitant financial obligations, Bearden limits the state from converting criminal debt into a severe liberty deprivation. But in recognizing how the two doctrines are normatively and functionally reinforcing, this Note proposes a single framework for considering financial punishment’s constitutionality. If the Eighth Amendment protection applies at the imposition of a financial punishment, Bearden provides a “second look” at the constitutionality of that punishment. Or, put another way, the Eighth Amendment is a preemptive look at the downstream poverty-based liberty deprivations that Bearden secures individuals against. Appreciating this relationship affords additional authority to both protections, and suggests a number of improvements to existing safeguards.
dc.titleA Unified Constitutional View of Financial Punishment: Synthesizing the Excessive Fines Clause and Bearden-Based Protections
dc.source.journaltitleStudent Prize Papers
refterms.dateFOA2021-11-26T12:32:34Z
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylsspps_papers/132
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1134&context=ylsspps_papers&unstamped=1


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