The 8th amendment to the constitution prohibits the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments because they exhibited an inhumane way of executing "inmates"‚ tortured their guilty victims to death and were considered to many as unjust. It also prohibits high bail or excessive fines against the defendant. However‚ it has also been deemed Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States (according to the Eighth Amendment) to inflict physical damage on students in a school environment
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privacy of the individual‚ whatever the means employed‚ must be deemed a violation of the Fourth Amendment.” Justice Brandeis wholeheartedly believed that the Fourth Amendment protects privacy too. In Poe v. Ullman Justice Harlan argued that the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause could be used to strike the law. He stated “I consider that this Connecticut legislation violates the Fourteenth Amendment. It involves what by common understanding throughout the English-speaking world‚ must be granted
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The fourteenth amendment was ratified in 1868 to give equal protection to all before the law. This amendment consisted of granting all citizens with the same protection and rights regarding their race or religion. As stated “The 14th Amendment forbids the states to abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States‚ to deprive a person of life‚ liberty‚ or property
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more to monitor the internet‚ but I however strongly disagree. We have the First and Fourth Amendments in place to protect us from the government in America‚ and the same should be applied online too. On December 15‚ 1791‚ the
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Fifth Amendment of the constitution Student name: Institution: ABSTRACT This paper examines the boundaries of the Fifth Amendment Clauses. It concentrates on the parts of the amendment that has been ignored. It is aimed at achieving a reasonable balance between the state ’s interest and the individual ’s. It will also try to evaluate the relevance of the Fifth Amendment to the constitution. Different clauses will be drawn of the fifth constitution to determine whether
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The Fifth Amendment places constitutional boundaries on police practices. The police officers has an obligation to warn the suspects that they have a right to remain silent‚ that anything they say may be used against them‚ and that they have the right to counsel.[1]‚[2] The Fifth Amendment can be broken down into five distinctive constitutional rights such as grand juries for capital crimes‚ a prohibition on double jeopardy‚ a prohibition against required self-incrimination‚ a guarantee that all
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The Fourteenth Amendment was made in order to help all citizens of America make sure that they are not segregated‚ they are protected and treated fairly no matter of their race‚ sexuality‚ and gender. The Fourteenth Amendment is basically stating that any person born in the United States‚ no matter who the person is‚ no state is allowed to make or enforce a law that can deny the privileges of citizens of the United States. States can’t deny citizens of their rights or stop them from the privileges
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The first Amendment to the United States Constitution states that Congress should make not laws against free speech. The first Amendment states that Congress will make no law "abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press." There are many ways in with the law‚ and people restrict those right. The right of freedom of speech is the most important and fundamental part of a free democracy. The first Amendment of the U.S Constitution allows people to state their opinions without fear. But over the
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First Amendment rights to freedom of speech are regulated in various ways in many different variations of institutions. For instance‚ public school administrations have broad standards created by the Supreme Court to use when there is a need to suppress student speech believed too distracting‚ offensive‚ presenting a harmful image for the school‚ or even promoting illegal drug use. Though broad‚ a few cases do provide guidance when looking at student speech‚ and how there are times when the regulation
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On April 8‚ 1864‚ the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially passed. It was the first of the three reconstruction amendments after the American Civil war‚ and it marked the end of the slavery in American. African Americans has finally reached their goal- freedom. What is freedom? As defined by Garrison Frazier‚ a spokesman of African Americans‚ freedom is “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor‚ and take care of ourselves.” And the way to accomplish
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