A blow at Capital Punishment.
And now forward.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/csm/20050302/ts_csm/ajuvydeath&e=5
Juvenile death penalty abolished
2 hours, 53 minutes ago Top Stories - The Christian Science Monitor
In a seminal 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down capital punishment for those who commit crimes under age 18.
By Warren Richey, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
"Only seven countries other than the United States have executed juvenile offenders since 1990," Kennedy writes. "Since then each of these countries has either abolished capital punishment for juveniles or made public disavowal of the practice."
Anticipating criticism, Kennedy adds, "The opinion of the world community, while not controlling our outcome, does provide respected and significant confirmation for our own conclusions."
Scalia was undeterred in his dissent. "To invoke alien law when it agrees with one's own thinking, and ignore it otherwise, is not reasoned decisionmaking, but sophistry," he says.
Of course, I quite agree with the rather conservative Justice Scalia.
Any deviation from the global standards is not reasoned decisionmaking, but sophistry.
This applies to Capital Punishment.
This applies to Greenhouse Gasses.
This applies to the Geneva Convention.
This applies to the War against Poverty.
En bref, the application of any other standard than the standards held by civilized society ( read: Euro Surrender Monkies ) is not reasoned decision-making, but sophistry, villainy and wickedness.
Perhaps the US is now finally getting ready to divest itself of its cultural alignment with countries like Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the PRC. And that would indeed be a defeat of an Axis of Evil.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/csm/20050302/ts_csm/ajuvydeath&e=5
Juvenile death penalty abolished
2 hours, 53 minutes ago Top Stories - The Christian Science Monitor
In a seminal 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down capital punishment for those who commit crimes under age 18.
By Warren Richey, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
"Only seven countries other than the United States have executed juvenile offenders since 1990," Kennedy writes. "Since then each of these countries has either abolished capital punishment for juveniles or made public disavowal of the practice."
Anticipating criticism, Kennedy adds, "The opinion of the world community, while not controlling our outcome, does provide respected and significant confirmation for our own conclusions."
Scalia was undeterred in his dissent. "To invoke alien law when it agrees with one's own thinking, and ignore it otherwise, is not reasoned decisionmaking, but sophistry," he says.
Of course, I quite agree with the rather conservative Justice Scalia.
Any deviation from the global standards is not reasoned decisionmaking, but sophistry.
This applies to Capital Punishment.
This applies to Greenhouse Gasses.
This applies to the Geneva Convention.
This applies to the War against Poverty.
En bref, the application of any other standard than the standards held by civilized society ( read: Euro Surrender Monkies ) is not reasoned decision-making, but sophistry, villainy and wickedness.
Perhaps the US is now finally getting ready to divest itself of its cultural alignment with countries like Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the PRC. And that would indeed be a defeat of an Axis of Evil.