In a second dissent, Judge Mark J. Bennett argued that “text, tradition, and original public meaning” establish that the Eighth Amendment does not ordinarily “impose substantive limits on ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Letters by prisoners illustrate unusual and cruel punishments the incarcerated are facing despite the U.S.

Johnson that a city does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishments when it enforces against homeless individuals its ordinance that bars encampments on public property.