Comment by logfromblammo

Well, there is a constitutional limitation on excessive fines and punishments. But the statutes typically don't specify.

They would allow seizure of one's shoes for jaywalking, and not just the shoes the offender was wearing, but all those in his closet, too. The laws as written are insufficiently protective against official abuse, so now that they have become routinely abused, it would be wise to revise.