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I'm not sure about question number 1 but number 2: It was dubbed "The Cold War" because neither United States or the Soviet Union declared war. Hope this helps :}
In a nutshell, the cruel and unusual punishment clause measures a particular punishment against society's prohibition against inhuman treatment. It prevents the government from imposing a penalty that is either barbaric or far too severe for the crime committed.
<span>The ruling was not received well in the south, and some of those vestiges still remain to this day. The end of segregated schooling, which had to be rectified "with all deliberate speed," took quite a while to occur. Even today, there are schools that, while they might not be segregated on a "de jure" basis, are still "de facto" separated based on racial characteristics.</span>
There are 27 formal amendments. Hope this helps.