The Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, decided that corporal punishment did not violate the Eighth Amendment since that amendment dealt with criminal actions. And corporal punishment did not require prior notice and a hearing before paddling and therefore the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply.
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