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2. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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   Constitutionof the United States. The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights. [1]

3. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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   The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known collectively as the Bill of Rights. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments. Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states.

4. Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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   The Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX) to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. It is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment was introduced during the drafting of the Bill of Rights when some of the American founders became concerned that future ...

5. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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   The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote. The amendment was the culmination of a decades-long movement for women's suffrage in the ...

6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [ 3 ] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

7. Punching well above their weight, New Zealand Olympians ...

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   New Zealand beat its previous best tally of eight gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics at which it finished eighth on the medal table in the Soviet-boycotted Games. It won seven golds and ...