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Which Amendment forbids the State of Texas from using drowning as a form of punishment?
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What amendment forbids the state of Texas from using drowning for a punishment?
The 8th amendment to the US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishments.
Amendment 14 forbids a state to denty any citizen?
it forbids male citizens to vote but yes amendment 14
How does the tenth amendment balance powers between national state governments?
it forbids laws limiting states' power
What amendment forbids a state to stop a person from voting because because of race or color?
The rock job clause in the 27th amendment.
Because of this amendment the equal protection provision forbids any state and its local governments from discriminating against a group of people.?
Amendment 14- all men are equal
The fourteenth amendment forbids a state to deny any citizen on what?
Fourteenth amendment forbids any state to make or enforce any law to abridge the priviledges or immunities of any citizen nor shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process to law nor deny equal protection of the laws.
What was the first event that happened during the civil rights movement?
Constitutional amendment forbids any state from depriving citizens of their rights and privileges and defines citizenship
Who wrote the eighth amendment?
The 8th amendment was passed as part of the Bill of Rights in December of 1791. The state of Virginia was the first state to pass the law that cruel and unusual punishment can not be used on a prisoner in 1776.
What is the 8th admanment?
The 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment. It ensures that the punishment for a crime is not disproportionate to the offense committed.
What does the thirteenth amendment to constitution state?
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, ...
What is subsequent punishment?
The punishment of the press for publishing new articles dealing with judicial proceedings. Ordinarily, the First Amendment prohibits such punishment. However, the Supreme Court ruled that unless a compelling state interest or a serious threat to the administration of justice is proven to be the reason for punishment of the press then it is unconstitutional.
Which Constitutional Amendment is known as the State's Rights amendment?
The 10th amendment.
