during this time of pompey 67 bc tarsus was made capital over the roman province of cilicia and jews began to receive roman citizenship antony who controlled the eastern provinces declared the city free in 42 bc
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a central piece of President Roosevelt's New Deal legislation. Above, a man feeds chickens in 1930s America.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bail Reform Act of 1984 in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987). The Court determined that the Eighth Amendment places a restriction on the amount of bail set, so bail cannot place excessive restrictions on a defendant in relation to the perceived evil. Thus, the amount of bail cannot be set to an amount higher than what is necessary to prevent the perceived evil.