Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re ...

Scarce attention has been paid to another relevant part of the Bill of Rights: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on inflicting “cruel and unusual punishment,” a limit on state power that ...

There is very strong public support for decentralising the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. As part of its work, the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC), through the Bangladesh Bureau of ...

The Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits this course of action. White House lawyers should read the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Trop v. Dulles.

The Arkansas Attorney General has, for the first time, rejected a ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment on the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio moved one step closer to appearing on ballots. Attorney General Dave Yost accepted the petition title and ...

This is a lesson that death penalty opponents need to keep in mind before they endorse any execution method or say that it meets the requirements of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel ...

Rob Bresnahan supported a proposed amendment that would have added protections ... a freshman GOP congressman representing Northeast Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, has voiced strong ...

Her friendship is precious. The Yes campaign and the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. I’ll never forget the feeling of comradeship and being part of a group mobilising change. It’s near a ...