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Prohibition enacted on january 19th, 1920 as a result of the 18th amendment. prohibition intended to raise our collective character as alcohol was seen as the root cause of many societal evils. an $11 billion worth of tax revenue and made criminals out of once law-abiding americans. as for weeding out the criminals, organized crime thrived. by the time prohibition was repealed, one out of every 40 americans had a criminal record. the government finally decided maybe regulating alcohol was the ...

Constitution written in the 18th century you try to find that those words meant in the 18s this century. >> the best example being the death penalty. i sat with three colleagues who thought it was unconstitutional but it is absolutely clear that the american people never voted to proscribe the death penalty. they adopted a cruel and unusual punishments clause at the time when every state had the death penalty and every state continued to have it. nobody thought that the 8th amendment prohibited ...

Life in prison with no chance of parole, it says, that would be a violation of the 8th amendment to the u.s. constitution, so that ruling is in. also there is a ruling out of montana regarding corporate donations to political campaigns. that decision has come down as well. and just checking the wires on that issue, the supreme court has ruled moments ago with regard to montana, it strikes down the limits on corporate campaign spending in that case. so you have two decisions pannedded down as of ...

Without parole for children as young as 14. i want to turn to jurisprudence more. its cruel and unusual punishment. those are two very different notions. cruelty on the one and something being unusual. how has the court come to understand that? >> i think youre right. its a challenging concept that the court has also read into the 8th amendment, this notion that there are evolving standards of decency. so what makes punishment unusual isnt that its new. it could have been around for a long time....

Day and its almost nine years later. when you have sociopathic tendencies and youre not remorseful for your crime, then he doesnt deserve to be out. >> i think that gets to the deep core way. more about the 8th amendment, what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment right after we take this break. [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobil...

Metastasize with horrible unintended consequences, organized crime. theres a group of people who feel theyve lost control of their country and want to take it back. they can take it back by the demonization of recent immigrants of the united states and as always, african-americans. its about unfunded congressional mandates. everything that were talking about today is alive in the prohibition story. if you back up, rewind and its not just about model ts careening around rain-slicked chicago stree...

To a halfway house. >> you are gambling with the safety of the people in california. >> im not saying that drug violations are not relations. >> bill: thats what is causing it. >> constitution that says the 8th amendment means cruel and unusual punishment. >> bill: not arguing that im arguing if you let these thousands of people out, you are going to have a crime wave. >> listen, this is a very irresponsible decision. its going to come back to by be them. thats why you saw scathing did i cents f...

Prisoners rights trump the rights of people that live in the state of california for safety. violent offenders thats why they are in. >> there let me finish my sentence. the state of california in 2001, 10 years ago said they were violating the 8th amendment. they admitted. >> bill: they have to admit it. its true. >> then fix it. >> bill: they cant because they dont have the money. >> the solution cant be open the doors to the prison. >> its not going to be that. >> yes, it is. thats what they ...

Safety of the people in california. >> im not saying that drug violations are not relations. >> bill: thats what is causing it. >> constitution that says the 8th amendment means cruel and unusual punishment. >> bill: not arguing that im arguing if you let these thousands of people out, you are going to have a crime wave. >> listen, this is a very irresponsible decision. its going to come back to by be them. thats why you saw scathing did i cents from scalia and alito. learn to manage your money....

Unusual punishment. >> no im realistic and i. >> bill: 50 guys in one bathroom. >> violent offenders. where is the statistics -- behavior in the prison? >> im not saying to violate the constitution but since when do prisoners rights trump the rights of people that live in the state of california for safety. violent offenders thats why they are in. >> there let me finish my sentence. the state of california in 2001, 10 years ago said they were violating the 8th amendment. they admitted. >> bill: ...