CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT -- corporal punishment in public schools
NAME: ___________________________
INGRAHAM V. WRIGHT: This case raised two questions under the 8th Amendment in terms of public schools: (1) are spankings, generally in the form of paddling, in themselves unconstitutional as a form of "cruel and unusual punishment"? and, (2) can spankings sometimes be so severe, that is, so harsh, that they are a form of "cruel and unusual punishment"?
First read the majority opinion (5 justices). As you read, UNDERLINE THE KEY RATIONALES THE MAJORITY ARE USING TO JUSTIFY THEIR DECISION and THEN explain why the majority answers "no" to both the above questions IN DETAIL (IN THE JOURNAL) from the perspective of the majority opinion.
Then REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS WITH THE DISSENTING OPINION:read the dissenting opinion (4 justices signed on), underline, and discuss (again, in the journal) how they answered the two questions posed above.
INGRAHAM V. WRIGHT: This case raised two questions under the 8th Amendment in terms of public schools: (1) are spankings, generally in the form of paddling, in themselves unconstitutional as a form of "cruel and unusual punishment"? and, (2) can spankings sometimes be so severe, that is, so harsh, that they are a form of "cruel and unusual punishment"?
First read the majority opinion (5 justices). As you read, UNDERLINE THE KEY RATIONALES THE MAJORITY ARE USING TO JUSTIFY THEIR DECISION and THEN explain why the majority answers "no" to both the above questions IN DETAIL (IN THE JOURNAL) from the perspective of the majority opinion.
Then REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS WITH THE DISSENTING OPINION:read the dissenting opinion (4 justices signed on), underline, and discuss (again, in the journal) how they answered the two questions posed above.