Eighth Amendment Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/tag/eighth-amendment/ The Voice of the Black Community in California Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:10:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blackvoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BVN_logo_square-32x32.png Eighth Amendment Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/tag/eighth-amendment/ 32 32 182193136 Keeping It Real: America, A Country Without Compassion for Its Homeless https://blackvoicenews.com/2024/07/09/supreme-court-rules-homeless-camping/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:10:36 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=244647 Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan; Back row, left to right: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the nation's former President, Donald J. Trump, is entitled to nearly unbridled immunity when he holds the title of president, and that the Eighth Amendment does not prevent a municipality from enforcing criminal penalties against homeless people who are sleeping outdoors.

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