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qazplm135

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25. lol I get that a lot of words may confuse you
Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:53 PM
Apr 2019

but the answer to the key question is all over my response. Maybe try reading it again?

It "doesn't just say cannot be deprived of life" (or liberty or property) because, in theory, you COULD deprive someone of those things IF you have the requisite due process.

IF you do NOT have the requisite due process then you CAN'T deprive someone of liberty property or...wait for it...life.

So, guess who determines if in fact you have the requisite due process for each of those things.

It's not the executive branch. It's not the legislative branch.

Who could it be??!

Do tell what happened in 1972 then. Because I thought the Supreme Court ruled that the current paradigm was not...again, wait for it...good enough due process and suspended the DP until there was. But you are clearly the constitutional law scholar so tell us what really happened then.

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It's time. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #1
Sorry zipplewrath Apr 2019 #2
Since it's the law and that's his sentence, it's time for him to pay for his crimes. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #3
Saying qazplm135 Apr 2019 #4
I wish you were as sympathetic with the man he murdered, the boy he shot at, Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #6
non sequitor qazplm135 Apr 2019 #7
Well said, thank you. mountain grammy Apr 2019 #10
I could accept prohibiting the DP... MicaelS Apr 2019 #39
I'm not sure the need for solitary qazplm135 Apr 2019 #41
Would you say "It's the law" to the gay man who might have avebury Apr 2019 #14
this ruling goes way beyond this man. it is sick and sadistic. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #26
If the law is on the books then this guy needs it. Botany Apr 2019 #5
The death penalty will always be wrong, period. Everyone knows it. Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #8
You'll have to take that up with the states... not SCOTUS FBaggins Apr 2019 #9
Interesting qazplm135 Apr 2019 #12
What you're missing FBaggins Apr 2019 #13
ok...that was one case qazplm135 Apr 2019 #18
Just like the President could push "the button" right now. He absolutely could FBaggins Apr 2019 #21
my mind is boggled right now qazplm135 Apr 2019 #22
Lots of text... but no answer to the key question FBaggins Apr 2019 #24
lol I get that a lot of words may confuse you qazplm135 Apr 2019 #25
You're running in circles FBaggins Apr 2019 #28
sigh...it's like explaining quantum physics to a cat... qazplm135 Apr 2019 #29
Kennedy vs. Kavanaugh FBaggins Apr 2019 #11
Am opposed to the death penalty, DeminPennswoods Apr 2019 #15
Undoubtedly you're right. There's no payoff for the ghouls. What would they have to look forward to? Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #16
I suspect the Nazi's use of gas has ruined that particular method even though... EX500rider Apr 2019 #33
CO2 would be painful manicdem Apr 2019 #37
I never realized what dim-wit Gorsuch is. "Choking on blood" is cruel and unusual. marble falls Apr 2019 #17
He ruled that a man fearful for his life abandoned his job projectiboga Apr 2019 #19
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Legalized Torture Judi Lynn Apr 2019 #20
So, is this guy unable to tolerate any IVs at all? Is that what the argument is? That even the catbyte Apr 2019 #23
There's more to it than just this one guy. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #27
Part of the reasoning for the decision is that they think it's a delay tactic. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #30
you just ain't fucking getting it!!!! this decision is going to affect a lot more ppl than this guy. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #32
YOU are the one not getting it. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #34
i do apologize for cussing you. and still you aren't getting it. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #35
Ian Millhiser Kurt V. Apr 2019 #36
"What the Eighth Amendment does guarantee is a method of execution that not 'cruel and unusual.'" cstanleytech Apr 2019 #31
From the article: Polybius Apr 2019 #38
Wondering what happen to the guy on death row with dementia...now that case was conflicting n/t Apple Fritter Apr 2019 #40
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