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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

So now the Court not only is going to change the Constitution based on U.S. public opinion of the moment, but also based on international opinion?

And this from a Reagan appointee?

They set the bar way too low in this opinon. The rationale that someone who is 17 years, 11 months and 27 days old can not form the same level of intent as someone can on their 18th birthday is beyond my ability to comprehend. They should have left capacity to form intent as an individual case by case burden on the prosecutors. This is dillution of states rights.

I'm not even thinking about the circumstances of the specific case in question, which is horrific on a level rarely seen. The death penalty was written for crimes of this nature.

While public opinion may have some merit in the interpretation of the Constitution, International opinion is way outside of the courts scope. I'm not one who normally second guesses the US Supreme Court, but in this case they got it wrong.

So, what do y'all think about our left-wing Supreme Court?

I can't tell you how many lectures I've sat through in which the annointed professor uses the term "This conservative Supreme Court", using the term conservative as a purjorative. I usually interrupt and ask them what is so conservative about a court that upholds affirmative action, refuses to hear appeals that could have adverse effects on Roe v. Wade, tells people on State Scholarships that they can't study Theology etc? What the hell do they want to see this court do? Take away private property and nationalize the means of production and distribution before they see this court for what it is?