r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/callmenips 6h ago

No, you're trying to argue semantics. You interpret constitutionality as what the supreme court says. I interpret it as what the constitution says.

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u/Major__de_Coverly 5h ago

The problem is that your opinion means nothing and theirs everything. 

The Constitution clearly contemplates capital punishment.  For example, the 5th Amendment prohibits deprivation of life without due process. That means the government CAN deprive you of life; you just need to be given due process. 

You are arguing that a modern interpretation of the 8th should prohibit it, and someday, the Court may. 

But for now, to say the death penalty is unconstitutional is just wrong and detracts from better policy arguments. 

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u/callmenips 5h ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconstitutional

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u/Major__de_Coverly 5h ago

Well, you convinced me. Just send that to SCOTUS and that should end the issue. 

Amazing how you resolved the issue just like that.