Eighth amendment articles
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There is no Eighth Amendment right to vagrancy
Oral argument before the Supreme Court this week showed why it is nonsense to claim that anti-vagrancy laws violate the Constitution‘s Eighth Amendment provision against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Indeed, in the vernacular sense, what is cruel and unusual is a judicial edict that says law-abiding citizens must put up with public spaces featuring major […]
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Letters to the Editor: Columbine was 25 years ago. When will we finally amend the 2nd Amendment?
To the editor: Twenty-five years after the Columbine High School mass shooting in Colorado, gun violence is the leading cause of death among children and teens. This is truly an abomination. Our children should grow up feeling safe. ("It's been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we're still getting wrong about school shootings," Opinion, April 19) I grew up in the United Kingdom, where gun violence was, and still is, very rare. I believe it's time to amend the 2nd Amendment. When people put...
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The Constitution: The Nineteenth Amendment
Women's Right to Vote.