cadena temporal

(noun)

A former form of punishment overturned by the Supreme Court. It mandated "hard and painful labor," shackling for the duration of incarceration, and permanent civil disabilities.

Examples of cadena temporal in the following topics:

  • The Eighth Amendment and Cruel and Unusual Punishment

    • The Court overturned a punishment called cadena temporal, which mandated "hard and painful labor," shackling for the duration of incarceration, and permanent civil disabilities.
    • The Court overturned a punishment called cadena temporal, which mandated "hard and painful labor," shackling for the duration of incarceration and permanent civil disabilities.

  • The 25th Amendment

    • Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
    • Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
    • Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

  • Party Leadership in the House

    • While the Speaker is the functioning head of the House majority party, the same is not true of the President pro tempore of the Senate, whose office is primarily ceremonial and honorary.
    • The Speaker may designate any member of the House to act as Speaker pro tempore and preside over the House.
    • During important debates, the Speaker pro tempore is ordinarily a senior member of the majority party who may be chosen for his or her skill in presiding.
    • The Speaker may also designate a Speaker pro tempore for special purposes, such as designating a Representative whose district is near Washington, DC to sign enrolled bills during long recesses.

  • Party Leadership in the Senate

    • The titular, non-partisan leaders of the Senate itself are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, the most senior member of the majority who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President.

  • The Executive Departments

    • After the vice president, speaker of the house, and the president pro tempore of the Senate, the heads of the executive departments are ranked as follows:

  • A Typical Department Structure

    • The secretaries are formally in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president, speaker of the house, and president pro tempore of the Senate.

  • The Vice Presidency

    • In modern times, the vice president rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate; in his place, the Senate chooses a president pro tempore (or "president for a time") to preside in the vice president's absence; the Senate normally selects the longest-serving senator in the majority party.
    • The president pro tempore has the power to appoint any other senator to preside and, in practice, junior senators from the majority party are assigned the task of presiding over the Senate most of the time.

  • Cabinet Departments

    • The secretaries are formally in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president, speaker of the house, and president pro tempore of the Senate.

  • The Cabinet

    • The Secretary of State is fourth in line to succeed the Presidency, coming after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

  • State and Local Party Organization

    • There is a president and a president pro tempore in city councils.