U.S. Supreme Court grants cert in Grants Pass v. Johnson
While Grants Pass v. Johnson is not a capital case, the issue presented could have a large impact on capital cases across the country.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Grants Pass v. Johnson.
While Grants Pass is not a capital case, the issue presented could have a large impact on capital cases across the country. As TFDP previously covered, the issue in Grants Pass relates to the Eighth Amendment, and amici (including Florida’s Attorney General) have urged the Court to reject the long-standing “evolving standards of decency” standard. TFDP’s prior post on this case is 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…
Isn't "evolving standards of decency" a quote from Furman? How can it not be "textual?"