Anthony Kennedy is a good Catholic, Scalia is a pro death hypocrite

[Proud2BAmurkin]

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Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said many juveniles lack maturity and intellectual development to understand the ramifications of their actions.

''The age of 18 is the point where society draws the line for many purposes between childhood and adulthood. It is, we conclude, the age at which the line for death eligibility ought to rest,'' Kennedy said.

The United States has stood almost alone in the world in officially sanctioning juvenile executions, a ''stark reality'' that can't be ignored, Kennedy wrote. Juvenile offenders have been put to death in recent years in only a few other countries, including Iran, Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia.

''It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty, resting in large part on the understanding that the instability and emotional imbalance of young people may often be a factor in the crime,'' Kennedy wrote.

In an angry dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia disputed that a ''national consensus'' exists and said the majority opinion was based on the ''flimsiest of grounds.'' The appropriateness of capital punishment should be determined by individual states, not ''the subjective views of five members of this court and like-minded foreigners,'' he wrote.

Where was the fucking outrage about the "Subjective views of five members of this court" in the 2000 election? What a hypocrite asshat.

[WildEyedLiberal]

1. The pig Scalia...

...Didn't have a problem selecting a president based upon "the subjective views of five members of the court."

[Proud2BAmurkin]

2. beat me to it LOL

was editing that in my post. bwaaaaaa

[WildEyedLiberal]

3. Hahaha n/t

[Lexingtonian]

4. So why doesn't he resign or recuse himself?

It sure sounds as if this kind of thing goes beyond his qualifications or ability, if his analysis is correct.

He's a clever idiot. The idiot part wins out more often.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. It's because Scalia takes his marching orders from Opus Dei

(a Catholic secret society that makes the Masons look tame), not from the Pope. His bread is buttered on the other side, so to speak.