Opinion | How SCOTUS just made it easier to keep kids in jail for life

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Opinion | chrisgeidner: Justice Kavanaugh just erased years of precedent to keep kids in jail forever. - MSNBCDaily

Anjali Nair / MSNBCThe last year has seen parents — and society broadly — worry about what impact the global pandemic, and its, is having on children’s development. It’s a reasonable concern: As their minds, bodies and ways of interacting with the world change daily, children lean on their experiences to learn their place in the world.

that juveniles facing a sentence of life without the possibility of parole “must be given the opportunity to show their crime did not reflect irreparable corruption.”made clear that the Eighth Amendment would be violated if you sent a child to prison for life without the possibility of parole when the crime reflects “unfortunate yet transient immaturity.

In short, there was, by the current court’s reasoning, no real meaning behind Kennedy’s words that this punishment should be “rare.”minced no words in her dissent How could that square with the court’s ruling this week? It couldn’t, Sotomayor explained: “The court simply rewrites [the earlier cases] to say what the court now wishes they had said, and then denies that it has done any such thing.”

To truly highlight how “low this court’s respect for stare decisis has sunk,” as she put it in her dissent, Sotomayor chose to cite an opinion from 2020 — one written by Kavanaugh.

 

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chrisgeidner Daily Why single out kavanauh? It was a 6-3 decision wasn't it?

chrisgeidner Daily That is rich coming from a man who was accused of sexual misconduct in his youth which almost cost him the SCOTUS position.

chrisgeidner Daily Too bad he wasn't one of them.

chrisgeidner Daily Shameful

chrisgeidner Daily What does anyone expect from such a person? Here is the main prob w/CJ. Corrupt/criminals making decisions. It should be a felony for 'any' public official to lie to the public.

chrisgeidner Daily Why do we keep putting people in positions they are not qualified for.

chrisgeidner Daily “justice” kavanaugh... lol gtfoh brett

chrisgeidner Daily His true colors are shining through

chrisgeidner Daily Maybe POTUS could commute/pardon the ones that aren't 'incorrigible.' Which would be most, chances are.

chrisgeidner Daily American need to call for a impeachment of so call justice of America he pass law while justice want rules on gun control as fast they locking kids for life and this is a justice of America impeachment ?😷

chrisgeidner Daily If they can’t get free labor then we will just keep you lock for ever salver is the goal and people better wake the fuck up🦶🏾😡😡😡😡

chrisgeidner Daily Murderous kids, it must be said.

chrisgeidner Daily He should be rotting right along side them.

chrisgeidner Daily He wants to keep private prisons full.

chrisgeidner Daily Shoulda been him on the receiving end of this harsh vindictive policy.

chrisgeidner Daily There's an easy way to stay out of jail forever

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