The Eighth Amendment is the US Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The Amendment was put into the Constitution as a part of the Bill of Rights during the debates about the future of the nation (Walmer & Prabhu, 2016). Namely, the framers of the Constitution were concerned about...

It is understandable why the powers that be might have a desire to ban all skateboarders from Holyfield Park once and for all having introduced severe fines and policies to ensure that any law breakers would immediately endure a sizeable penalty of $300 with the possible seizure of the board....

The Thirteenth Amendment bars two different institutions of slavery and involuntary servitude which can be described as prohibiting systematic oppressions that strike intersections of human rights, civil rights, citizenship rights and labor rights. Bearing this in mind, large groups of workers of color who work in fields and homes of...

As a reaction to the increased cases of mass shootings that have been experienced in the United States, a debate has ensued on the need to amend the constitution in regards to gun ownership. One of the reasons for increased mass shootings is the right to ownership of guns in...

The first Amendment to the United States Constitution forbids the creations of any laws regarding the respect of an establishment of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, impeding the free exercise of religion, interfering with the right to peaceable assemble, infringing on the freedom of the press, and prohibition the...