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Washington (CNN)Now we know what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was doing while recuperating from cancer surgery and fielding calls about the Oscar-nominated documentary based on her life story.
She was delving deeply into the history of the excessive fines clause of the Constitution.
On Wednesday, her second day back on the bench, she read – in her usual steady voice – an opinion holding that the Eighth Amendment's ban on excessive fines applies to states and local governments, as well as to the federal government.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-opinion-cancer-surgery-timbs-indiana/index.html