Assertion: constitution's clause | /r/CapableOf | apply to state
Facets:
value: to the federal government
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause applies to the states as well as to the federal government, but the Excessive Bail Clause has not been applied to the states.
text: , the Supreme Court assumed arguendo that the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.