This isn’t my usual blogging day, but I just had to comment on this story.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/commentary-death-penalty-options-narrow/#more-7553
Even with seven out of nine justices having been appointed by Republican presidents, justice was dealt another blow today. The Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional for child rapists. In the majority opinion Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that he didn’t feel that death penalty was appropriate for a child rapist. It does not matter how you FEEL, Mr. Stevens. It’s what the law says. There is nothing in the constitution which limits the use of the death penalty ANY way as long as the defendant is given the right to jury trial, due process is followed, and all people are given equal protection under the law. This is a classic case of judicial activism and violation of states’ rights if there ever was one. The extent of the ruling goes further than this, even to the point of banning (by fiat) all executions except for murder.
We have just enough Republican justices to let Exxon off easy for the environmental disaster they caused, but not enough conservatives to even allow states to protect the unborn or to even protect children from filthy perverts as they see fit. The usual culprits are responsible for this--John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer, and Anthony Kennedy.
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/commentary-death-penalty-options-narrow/#more-7553
Even with seven out of nine justices having been appointed by Republican presidents, justice was dealt another blow today. The Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional for child rapists. In the majority opinion Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that he didn’t feel that death penalty was appropriate for a child rapist. It does not matter how you FEEL, Mr. Stevens. It’s what the law says. There is nothing in the constitution which limits the use of the death penalty ANY way as long as the defendant is given the right to jury trial, due process is followed, and all people are given equal protection under the law. This is a classic case of judicial activism and violation of states’ rights if there ever was one. The extent of the ruling goes further than this, even to the point of banning (by fiat) all executions except for murder.
We have just enough Republican justices to let Exxon off easy for the environmental disaster they caused, but not enough conservatives to even allow states to protect the unborn or to even protect children from filthy perverts as they see fit. The usual culprits are responsible for this--John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer, and Anthony Kennedy.
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