Does the Eighth Amendment protect one against excessive fines levied by the state? As SCOTUS mulls this lingering incorporation question, two amici - Beth Colgan (UCLA SOL) and Larry Rosenthal (Chapman Univ. Fowler SOL) - offer competing views on the doctrine and the case's ramifications. Plus reporter Erin Lee previews her profile of California Supreme Court Justice Mariano Florentino Cuellar.