Civil Rights: A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate |
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... involved not only a whittling down of the substance of the various First , Fourth , Fifth , Sixth , Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights , but also the denial of a Federal forum to remedy violations of these rights , no matter how 34.
... involved not only a whittling down of the substance of the various First , Fourth , Fifth , Sixth , Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights , but also the denial of a Federal forum to remedy violations of these rights , no matter how 34.
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... Eighth Amendment as applied to the States by the Fourteenth . I vote to vacate each judgment , believing that the exaction of the death penalty does violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments . That the requirements of due process ban ...
... Eighth Amendment as applied to the States by the Fourteenth . I vote to vacate each judgment , believing that the exaction of the death penalty does violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments . That the requirements of due process ban ...
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... Eighth Amendment " must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society . " It would seem to be incontestable that the death penalty inflicted on one defendant is " unusual " if it ...
... Eighth Amendment " must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society . " It would seem to be incontestable that the death penalty inflicted on one defendant is " unusual " if it ...
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... Eighth and Four- teenth Amendments cannot tolerate the infliction of a sentence of death under legal systems that permit this unique penalty to be so wantonly and so freakishly imposed . For these reasons I concur in the judgments of ...
... Eighth and Four- teenth Amendments cannot tolerate the infliction of a sentence of death under legal systems that permit this unique penalty to be so wantonly and so freakishly imposed . For these reasons I concur in the judgments of ...
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... Eighth Amendment . It is my view that it would , for its imposition would then be the pointless and needless extinction of life with only marginal contributions to any discernible social or public purposes . A penalty with such ...
... Eighth Amendment . It is my view that it would , for its imposition would then be the pointless and needless extinction of life with only marginal contributions to any discernible social or public purposes . A penalty with such ...
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Page 242 - The Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
Page 70 - Employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training; Including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
Page 180 - On the other hand, the interpretive guidelines published by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 19/70, 35 Fed.
Page 138 - The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people...
Page 10 - An objection to transportation of students may have validity when the time or distance of travel is so great as to risk either the health of the children or significantly impinge on the educational process.
Page 207 - The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion...
Page 138 - ... the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family...
Page 235 - The Court holds that the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in these cases constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Page 38 - While we have in a number of our prior cases pointed out the frequently drastic effect of the "stigma" which may result from defamation by the government in a variety of contexts, this line of cases does not establish the proposition that reputation alone, apart from some more tangible interests such as employment, is either "liberty" or "property" by itself sufficient to invoke the procedural protection of the Due Process Clause.
Page 264 - Punishments are cruel when they involve torture or a lingering death ; but the punishment of death is not cruel, within the meaning of that word as used in the Constitution. It implies there something inhuman and barbarous, something more than the mere extinguishment of life.