A New York appeals court throwing out the massive $527 million civil penalty against President Donald Trump was not only “a tremendous victory for the president” but “a victory for the rule of law,” according to Judge Andrew Napolitano.

The ruling, issued by a five-judge panel of the appellate division, declared the half-billion-dollar fine “excessive” and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines.

“This is a monumental victory for President Trump and an enormous setback for Letitia James,” Napolitano told Newsmax’s “National Report,” suggesting it could mark the beginning of broader legal trouble for the attorney general.

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