11. Otherwise it is a violation of the Eighth Amendment . 12. Riggs said the law violated his Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. 13. Since the eighth amendment was passed in 1985 that role went to the president. 14. Everybody knows about the decision Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed gave in the Eighth Amendment case. 15. That wording would replicate the U . S . Constitution's Eighth Amendment . 16. As of December 2015, the party is divided on repealing the Eighth Amendment . 17. The present Chief Justice gave judgement ( dissenting ) in favour of the Eighth Amendment . 18. The Constitution's Eighth Amendment bans " cruel and unusual punishments ." 19. The Court dismissed the plaintiffs'claims under the First and Eighth Amendments without discussion. 20. The Court's narrow ruling left a major question of Eighth Amendment law unresolved.
