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Constitution of the United States

Eighth Amendment

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

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Preamble

Articles of the Constitution

Article I
Legislative Branch
Article II
Executive Branch
Article III
Judicial Branch
Article IV
Relationships Between the States
Article V
Amending the Constitution
Article VI
Prior Debts, National Supremacy Clause, and Oaths of Office
Article VII
Ratification

Amendments to the Constitution

First Amendment
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Second Amendment
Bearing and Keeping Arms
Third Amendment
Quartering Soldiers
Fourth Amendment
Search and Seizure
Fifth Amendment
Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings
Sixth Amendment
Rights of Those Charged in Criminal Prosecutions
Seventh Amendment
Civil Trial Rights
Eighth Amendment
Excessive Bail and Fines, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Ninth Amendment
Unenumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment
Rights Reserved to the States and to the People
Eleventh Amendment
Suits Against States
Twelfth Amendment
Election of President
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolition of Slavery
Fourteenth Amendment
Citizenship, Equal Protection, and Other Post-Civil War Provisions
Fifteenth Amendment
Right of Citizens to Vote
Sixteenth Amendment
Income Tax
Seventeenth Amendment
Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibition of Liquor
Nineteenth Amendment
Women's Suffrage Rights
Twentieth Amendment
Presidential Term and Succession
Twenty-First Amendment
Repeal of Prohibition
Twenty-Second Amendment
Presidential Term Limits
Twenty-Third Amendment
Presidential Electors for D.C.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Abolition of Poll Taxes
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Presidential Vacancy and Disability
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Reduction of Voting Age
Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Congressional Compensation

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