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Texas Amendment 8: Inheritance taxes eliminated forever

TEXAS (KTAL/KMSS) — On November 4, 2025, 17 constitutional amendments are on the ballot for Texas voters. Our ongoing series will explain what the amendments say, what they mean, why they are on the ...
Tennessean

Why the Founding Fathers ratified the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution | Opinion

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the Attorney General of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...
Washington Examiner

There is no Eighth Amendment right to vagrancy

Oral argument before the Supreme Court this week showed why it is nonsense to claim that anti-vagrancy laws violate the Constitution‘s Eighth Amendment provision against “cruel and unusual ...
JD Supra

Recent Trio of Eighth Amendment Challenges to FCA Judgments Includes Two Successes; Lack of Uniformity Across Courts Remains

So far this year, three False Claims Act defendants have challenged judgments against them based on the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment. Remarkably, two were successful, as the ...