The Arkansas Attorney General has, for the first time, rejected a ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment on the grounds that it does not comply wi ...

On the same day LWV submitted their third proposal, they filed a lawsuit to block several new laws they say would "spell the death of direct democracy." ...

Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman opined that the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is unconstitutional. Pitman stopped short of mandating an immediate temporary remedy, instead ...

Danielle Khalaf, 14, an eighth-grader at East Middle School in Plymouth, Michigan, is fighting to defend her First Amendment rights under conditions in which all constitutional rights are under ...

Most civil suits settle in the outside world. But among prisoner Eighth Amendment lawsuits, only 14% settle, and less than 1% win in court.

The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws have obliterated it.

But in accusing the prison of violating the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, the DOJ has raised the stakes of the battle, invoking Constitutional safeguards that are ...

The Annenberg Public Policy Center released a documentary on the Eighth Amendment in recognition of Constitution Day on Sept. 17. Credit: Gabriel Jung The Annenberg Public Policy Center released a ...

So far this year, three False Claims Act defendants have challenged judgments against them based on the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment. Remarkably, two were successful, as the ...