do you think the 8th and 10th amendment still valid today.?

Answer 1

Valid, necessary and important. And they are imposed and obeyed in US, State and Local Courts.

Vll th Amendment...
* No excessive bail required or fines imposed nor cruel or unusual punishment imposed.

X th Amendment
* The powers not delegated to the the United States by the Constitition, nor prohibited to it by the states, are reserved to the states specificall, or the people.

Answer 2

the 8th and 10th amendment are still valid but are not being upheld. our government is far too powerful. anyone who has ever delt with an immigration officer or been harassed by the officers at the airport, who are above the law now thanks to the patriot act, knows the descent our country is taking into pure fascism. our rights are slowly being taken away under the illusion that we are being protected. anyone entering this country who isnt a citizen must sign a paper giving up all rights, and our president has all authority to declare war now without considering the opinion of the people. if these are both not a demonstration of the validity, and complete destruction of our rights as americans then i dont know what is. we have lost control of our country which has become more like a corporate entity rather than a voice for the people. this is my opinion

Answer 3

Absolutely. However valid and necessary they may be, whether or not they are followed by the federal government remains a question of debate. According to the Attorney General, people that are not citizens that are detained by the United States are not guaranteed the rights of Habeus Corpus, ie the bill of rights, and the 10th amendment along with the 4th amendment is routinely violated by the government. For instance, the 8th and 10th amendments are both violated by the detention and treatment of captives in Guantanamo. The 10th amendment also is violated by the very existence of several government agencies, such as the NSA, which also violates other articles in the Constitution which state that the government must "conduct itself in a transparent manner," since this agency along with other agencies, CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, etc, have no civilian oversight whatsoever. Essentially the question of validity is on the moot side, since the actions of the American state have been in violation of a good deal of the constitution itself often throughout our nation's history. In essence, the government follows the rules when it wants to, but when the powers that be decide that the law of the land is in it's way, it will essentially disregard it.

Answer 4

The 10th amendment was all but thrown out the window in 1913 with the passage of the 17th amendment. The 17th enabled the direct election of Senators. This took a large amount of power from states, whose legislators elected senators prior to this.

Likewise, if we ever went to a popular vote for president, states would have virtually no power and power would be concentrated even more in D.C. If this sounds good, think of Moscow, or Berlin at various parts of the twentieth century.

The 8th amendment is being violated by our decider in chief as we speak. He has advocated torture (cruel and unusual punishment) of foreigners and congress has given him authorization. I can only think of one response to people who favor this. Imagine what may happen if someone is elected in the future who has more enemies than our current president. How will this person use these new powers?

Answer 5

Absolutly, the 8th amendment protects civil liberties and the 10th prevents Federal Government from completly controlling States.

Answer 6

The 10th, in particular, is still valid, but not followed. The federal gov't. has become much more powerful than state gov'ts., and the purpose of the 10th was the opposite.

Answer 7

Only to Americans !

Answer 8

Valid, yes. Obeyed, no.