the Supreme Court ruled that inmates on death row could make last-minute claims that the chemicals in lethal injections are too painful and violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

Longstanding court precedents have consistently held that blanket rules denying incarcerated people gender-affirming medical care constitute cruel and unusual punishment and are thus prohibited by the ...

The Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits this course of action. White House lawyers should read the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Trop v. Dulles.