Because the 8th amendment, which reads "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted," is there to protect people from being over charged for a crime. Indefinite imprisonment is a violation of this amendment.
The 5th Amendment
Yes the Patriot Act has violated the constitutional amendments. It violates the first. second, fourth, fifth, sixth eighth, and the fourteenth amendments.
Patriot Act happened in 2001.
the patriot laws are the rules of a patriot which is called the patriot act.
the patriot act took most of our first amendment rights.
the patriot act is a bit gay , okay ?
Patriot Act - novel - was created in 2007-08.
Taxation without representation was a big part of the patriot act.
Conservatives are pro-patriot act because they place order over freedom and the patriot act promotes security and protection from terrorism (translates into order).
The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The USA Patriot Act is an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the section of the Patriot Act that permits the FBI to send Internet service providers secret demands, called national security letters, for customer information violates the First Amendment and unreasonably curbs the authority of the judiciary.
The Patriot Act was signed on october 26 2011. It is a response to the september 11 attacks. The Patriot Act reduces restrictions in law enforcement on gathering intelligence on terrorists.
The benefits of the Patriot Act are debatable, as those of the Alien and Sedition Acts once were.