In 1961, the executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut was arrested and convicted of providing contrace
ptive information and materials to married people in violation of state law. The director appealed her conviction, and the United States Supreme Court found that the law violated a constitutional right to privacy. The Constitution never mentions privacy, but the justices found that the right is embedded in several amendments. Which of the following is NOT one of those amendments? a. Third
b. First
c. Fifth
d. Eighth
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights of the United States, which prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bonds or unusual or cruel punishments. The United States Supreme Court has determined that the section on unusual and cruel punishments be applied to the states. The phrases used are originals of the English Bill of Rights of 1689.
