SCOTUS sets oral argument on case challenging "evolving standards of decency"
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson is set for oral argument on April 22, 2024.
As TFDP has previously covered, in a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, conservatives seek to challenge the standard that has applied for decades to challenges brought under the Eighth Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishment clause.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined an amicus brief urging the Court to reject the “evolving standards of decency” standard. You can read more from TFDP on this at the link below.
Florida AG joins others urging SCOTUS to eliminate "evolving standards of decency"
Yesterday, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board published an Opinion discussing Justice Francis’s opinion denying Michael Zack’s claims ahead of his execution scheduled October 3. (More on that decision here.) A focus of the Opinion was the Court’s skepticism of the “evolving standards of decency” standard, which is the controlling standard under U.S. Suprem…
In January, the Court granted the petition for certiorari. (More here.) On Friday, the Court set the case for oral argument on April 22, 2024.
While City of Grants Pass v. Johnson is not a capital punishment case, the Court overturning the “evolving standards of decency” standard would have much broader effects on the Court’s jurisprudence, including related to capital punishment.