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What types of punishments cannot be given according to the Bill of Rights?
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The eighth amendment of the Bill of Rights prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
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Who decides what punishments can be given for treason there may not be a what of treason however the crime of treason cannot be held as what of blood?
death
What do the alienable and the unalienable rights say?
alienable rights are those that may be given up,inalienable rights are those that cannot be given up
What are unalienated rights?
"Unalienable rights" are rights that all men are enitled to, that cannot be taken away or given away. (note: governments and societies can and do remove these rights for violations of law)
What punishments were given to Luddites?
The punishments given to Luddites included transportation, imprisonment, and in some cases, execution for acts of sabotage and violence against machinery during the early 19th century. The severity of the punishment varied depending on the severity of the crime committed.
What is the word that means rights that cannot be taken away by people or government?
The word used, as an example, in the Declaration of Independence is: Unalienable.
What is something the government cannot do?
Take away you're given rights or violate the constitution
What has the king of England done according to the Declaration of Independence?
Taken away American rights.
When the declaration of independence says that unalienable rights are endowed by their creator it means those rights are what?
They are rights that cannot be taken away by anyone, including the government, and those rights are "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
According the Declaration of Independence what has the king of England done?
Given Americans new rights :)
What is a unalienable rights?
In the context of The Declaration of Independence, it refers to those rights that all human beings are assumed to possess and that the government cannot take away, such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The document called the states that men have God-given rights that governments cannot take away from them?
The document you are referring to is likely the Declaration of Independence. It states that individuals have unalienable rights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that are given by God and cannot be taken away by government.
What is the term for the rights that all people should have?
inalienable (cannot be transferred to another or others) or unalienable rights (Not to be separated, given away, or taken away; inalienable)
