Torture Defined By Supreme Court Justice Scalia
Like it or not, torture is not considered ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment as defined by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Appearing on CBS 60 Minutes last night, Justice Scalia argued that the torturing of detainees does not violate the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, because torture is not considered a punishment.
So there you have it, a Justice of the highest court of the land has confirmed that torture is not unconstitutional! It is interesting to note that during the interview, as if he was no longer willing to argue his point on the matter he bluntly states, “anyway, that’s my view, and it happens to be correct.” Then finishes off with a shit eating grin!
Let me know when we are supposed to feel proud about this “view.”
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If he doesn’t define torture as a punishment, then that means that he would define torture as something that could acceptably be committed against somebody who did absolutely nothing to deserve it. It’s elementary! Why has nobody called him on that yet?
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That’s a good question. It seems the entire Bush Administration has been given a free pass over their approval of using torture.