Trop v. Dulles

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Trop v. Dulles is a 1958 U.S. Supreme Court case that redefined the scope of the Eighth Amendment by holding that denationalization as punishment is unconstitutional and introducing the concept of “evolving standards of decency” in interpreting cruel and unusual punishment.

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