Over at Time Magazine is a discussion by Yale Professor Adam Cohen on the death penalty. The author's point is that the death penalty is slowly going out of fashion in the US, dying in individual states and smaller jurisdictions. I like the bottom up approach. We don't need the SCOTUS dictating every jot and tittle of our conduct. If the people are ready to move on, they will move on.
Hat tip to Hot Air.
Regards — Cliff
"If the people are ready to move on, they will move on.?"
ReplyDeleteReally?
I'm thinking desegregation.
PS. I'm undecided on Capital punishment. It costs a lot, thats for sure. I tend to think that if you break the social contract, you give up it's protections. Did I say CP costs a lot?
You did mention it costs a lot and it does. A lot more than warehousing someone for the rest of their natural life.
ReplyDeleteAs for segregation, it was, in fact, starting to fade. The reason was economics. President Truman desegregated the Armed Forces without a court order. And he was a Democrat. On the other hand, you do have the example of Boston.
Regards — Cliff
My bad. The negroes should have waited it out.
ReplyDeleteWell, in a way they did. They didn't leave the country in droves, like many Europeans did from the Old Sod, but like the Americans they were and are, kept working for their rights through argument, in the courts and in the halls of legislatures. From the end of the Civil War to today it has been a struggle for respect and a fair shake.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a long road and we forget that some times. Some unexpected players have done the right thing, like Ted Kennedy during the busing furor in Boston, or George Wallace dragging Alabama into the 20th Century and then moving toward acceptance of Blacks as equal citizens.
We are not at the end of the road. Who else is being marginalized? As the People move, the Legislators and Courts follow. Or maybe put another way, these "leaders" don't often get too far out in front of the People.
Regards — Cliff