▲ 1050 ▼ Luigi Mangione illegally searched during arrest in health insurance CEO killing, lawyer says (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/news@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments http://luigimangioneinfo.com/
[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 years ago (2 children) Solitary confinement is absolutely unconstitutional, but good luck convincing someone that it's cruel and unusual if they've never been subject to it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, courts have repeatedly ruled that a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional. Which means that if the government just treats everyone like trash, it’s cruel but not unusual. Because the government is what decides what is unusual simply by adjusting how often it is used. If something is unusual and they want to change that, they just do it more so it’s considered usual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago Yeah, James Madison definitely made a mistake writing "and", but also fuck the courts for that ruling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Watch Murder in the First, Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater are amazing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, courts have repeatedly ruled that a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional. Which means that if the government just treats everyone like trash, it’s cruel but not unusual. Because the government is what decides what is unusual simply by adjusting how often it is used. If something is unusual and they want to change that, they just do it more so it’s considered usual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago Yeah, James Madison definitely made a mistake writing "and", but also fuck the courts for that ruling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago Yeah, James Madison definitely made a mistake writing "and", but also fuck the courts for that ruling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Watch Murder in the First, Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater are amazing permalink fedilink source parent