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Ewing v. California

5-4

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The Proportionality Principle in the Eighth Amendment

Behel: There are two dissents in this case, one by Justice Stevens and one by Justice Breyer. Behel: These are a couple of milk toast dissents. They don't have a sharp theory of the Eighth Amendment. And so just keep this in back of mind when we get back to those discussions.

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