tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post616932491267239015..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Scalia: Constitution Does Not Prohibit TortureSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-76219352398052079262014-12-15T05:22:43.055-06:002014-12-15T05:22:43.055-06:00'Tux, one commenter on the TPM thread mentions...'Tux, one commenter on the TPM thread mentions that, suggesting that Scalia's "reasoning" is that the 8th Amendment is only about punishment after conviction, not about the (due?) process that leads to conviction; therefore (!?) torture is OK by the 8th Amendment as long as it isn't prescribed as a punishment consequent to conviction. The commenter was pointing out how <i>(ahem)</i> tortuous the logic can become in Tony's attempt to wring a desired result from a Constitution which he (thank Dog) did not help to write.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-39788512481878024482014-12-15T00:19:24.859-06:002014-12-15T00:19:24.859-06:00Say WHAT?! Someone erased the 8th Amendment out of...Say WHAT?! Someone erased the 8th Amendment out of his copy of the Constitution or somethin'? SIGH.<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com