Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the United States Bill of Rights
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, extended the period of reserved seats in the parliament
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which recognized the equal right to life of an unborn child
Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which changed Pakistan's government from a parliamentary system to a semi-presidential system
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which allowed members of municipal councils to cross the floor from one political party to another without losing their seats
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EighthAmendment may refer to: EighthAmendment to the United States Constitution, part of the United States Bill of Rights EighthAmendment of the Constitution...
The EighthAmendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual...
The EighthAmendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں آٹھویں ترمیم) allowed the President to unilaterally dissolve the National...
The EighthAmendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising "the equal right...
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification...
The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, popularly known as the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 (IAST: Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), was...
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate...
prohibited in Ireland by the UK Offences against the Person Act 1861. The EighthAmendment was added to the Constitution by referendum in 1983, after concerns...
until the 1986 presidential election. This Amendment Act was passed 9 June 1988. The Constitution (EighthAmendment) Act, 1988 declared, among others, that...
means. Court cases arguing that solitary confinement violates the EighthAmendment to the United States Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment...
The EighthAmendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (EighthAmendment) Act, 1959, amended article 334 of the Constitution...
dissenters in Atkins v. Virginia and Roper v. Simmons, which held that the EighthAmendment prohibits the application of the death penalty to certain classes of...
is the most recent significant case regarding the Amendment's interpretation. The EighthAmendment prohibits the imposition of excessive bail, excessive...
Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered...
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the...
Hundreds of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution are introduced during each session of the United States Congress. From 1789 through January...
Rights adopted in 1789 included the EighthAmendment which prohibited cruel and unusual punishment. The Fifth Amendment was drafted with language implying...
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