It would be the "Eighth Amendment" that <span>protects citizens from cruel or unusual punishment, since the Founding Fathers wanted to ensure that the US government did not endorse or practice any type of tyranny. </span>
The Judicial Branch, or the federal court system, interprets the law.
The American Civil War, a brief summary! The American Civil War, waged from 1861 to 1865, is remembered on this date. ... The war was about slavery, but primarily about its economic consequences. The northern elite wanted economic expansion that would change the southern (slave-holding) way of life.