Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
“He had done regular live concerts from San Quentin jail until the civil rights people got him under the Cruel and Unusual… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The government considers the aborting of innocent unborn children a natural right. Yet, there is widespread debate still about whether the death… — Joseph Farah Copy Share Image
“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or… — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“This felt like being stalked as prey, and he hated that his relationship with Dagger was being exploited for the entertainment of… — Ann Lister Copy Share Image
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs -… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“The Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment,” I told him when he stepped down from the podium. “What?” he innocently asked. “Getting… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protection of the laws,… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“I once visited a place where they killed people by putting them in a chair. Not torture — that was common enough;… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
“I promised her we’d be quick, and Ben and I slipped away, just in time to hear Senator Blaine clear his throat… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
“There’s the claim that the only progress made is in posing problems that scientists can answer. That philosophy never has the means… — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
I’d forgotten to keep blasting a song in my mind. I remedied my mistake, but the lyrics to “Do You Really Want… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
