Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.” John Adams, who served as the second President of the United States and was a remarkable political philosopher, penned these words. Remarkably, John Adam’s words ring true today. However, morality is the issue and one point is sure: The United States Supreme Court should not arbitrate morality. In order to explain this position, one must first understand how…

one eighth black since it was just his great grandmother who was from Africa. One day, he refused to move from the “white” section of a train. He was arrested and jailed overnight. He sued the State of Louisiana for denying his rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. Judge Ferguson found that states had the right to regulate railroads that operated within their boundaries. Plessy’s lawyers continued to appeal, ultimately being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States of…

Procedural laws are the rights that are afforded to criminal suspects and defendants in the United States. These rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution which are found in the Bill of Rights. There are other procedure rights which are found in state constitutions and state statutes. These rights are designed to protect the people from being alienated in the criminal justice system and to ensure the people continue to understand that they are innocent until proven…

segregation, Mr. McBride also reported how before the case Brown v. BoE,“large portions of the United States had racially segregated schools, made legal by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which held that segregated public facilities were constitutional so long as the black and white facilities were equal to each other,” in a different article for PBS.org. Considering that such a large portion of the United States allowed racially segregated schools as a result of the P v. F case, it is made painfully…

set aside for white women. All of these indignities were violations of rights enumerated in the 1875 legislation. The Supreme Court analyzed these cases in view of the Fourteenth Amendment and concluded the Amendment was not designed to apply to private citizens or private organizations, but only to the federal and state governments. This decision resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1875 being invalidated, and opened the doors to blatant discrimination by businesses and individuals. John…

review a decision of the 9th Circuit of Appeals Court holding that Article 20 Section 2 of the Arizona state constitution did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and also that it did not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, made pertinent to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. The appellant in this case is an adherent to NaJepitism. Upon the death of his brother, his…

have been a fundamental part of American society since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Bill of Rights includes ten amendments that were supposed to safeguard individual liberty. However, constitutional rights are very limited today. For example, the Patriot Act limits the rights found in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Civil forfeiture laws limit the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The death penalty also limits the…

was a violation of the fourth amendment. Former attorney general and Associate Justice then stated, “We hold that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution…

until 1864 that the war ends and Congress decides something needs to be done to reunite the nation. A year later the 13th amendment is ratified. To insure the freedom of slaves, section one of the amendment states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (Morone and Rogan 2014, A-17). The practice of men being…

Bill of Rights I. First Amendment The first amendment of the United States is more complex than just “Freedom of Speech” but it is one of the most important amendment sin the Constitution. The first amendment guarantees the liberties of speech, religion, press, assembly, and to petition to the government to right potential wrongs. The freedom of speech clause also does not allow citizens to utilize their freedom of speech to initiate harm on others such as yelling “fire” in a crowded movie…