"Supreme Court Rules that Life Sentences without Parole for Juveniles Are Unconstitutional" http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2010/05/977/-graham.html
Constitutional Connection: "Article III, Section 2"
" The judicial Power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States..."
Recently a law has been in place that juveniles who's crime that are short of murder will be charged some what as adult by being sentenced to life without parole. As a result to this the Supreme Court has considered this punishment to be unconstitutional. It goes against the 8th amendment which says that there should be no cruel or unusual punishment for committing a crime of any sort.
This article clearly demonstrates Article III, Section 2 because it is showing the Supreme Court taking a case to were the law is going against the constitution. This article also demonstrates the power of the Judicial Branch, since one of the key principles in the constitution is Checks and Balances. The Judicial Branch is basically checking the legislative branches actions to make the juvenile go to jail for life and say it is against the constitution to do this.
As a young man my position on these events is very clear. I think it is wrong for juveniles to not have parole and have a life sentence for committing such a crime. No matter how bad the crime is the kid should not be charged near to or as an adult. I think its right for the Judiciary system to uphold there powers in this case and rule this as unconstitutional.
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