This is true with the Eighth Amendment. The Supreme Court decides whether a provision of the Constitution applies to the states. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

This would be the shortest amendment in our Constitution, thirteen words: “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.” That is the language of the proposed ...

[1.] The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. [2.] The transportation or importation into any State,Territory, or possession of the United ...

The Constitution of the United States has been amended 27 times. The first 10 amendments are commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights, and the remaining 17 deal with everything from who can vote ...

Mr. HENDRICKS offered an amendment exempting the heads of executive departments, Judges of United States Courts and Members of Congress during their term of service, which was rejected.

The 24-minute film depicts the origins of the Eighth Amendment and how sentences considered ... It is part of a series of nearly 70 educational documentaries about the Constitution of the United ...

President Joe Biden’s proposed constitutional amendment ... when they wrote the Constitution. The reversal of the Court’s pernicious ruling in Trump v. United States and the recovery ...

The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” ...

This is true with the Eighth Amendment. The Supreme Court decides whether a provision of the Constitution applies to the states. This amendment limits the federal government’s ability to impose ...