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lookout123 · 03-02-2005, 12:06 PM

and to add a little fuel to the fire...

how is it that a 16 year old girl has the mental capacity and maturity to have an abortion without parental notification, but the same girl wouldn't have the mental capacity to be held responsible for her criminal actions in regards to the death penalty?

one side or the other of that equation doesn't jive. and this case doesn't argue the legality of the death penalty - it is the application of the legal death penalty to those under the age of 18.

also - in what other supreme court case has one of the justices relied upon international law and national consensus in making a decision. i thought the supreme court was only supposed to apply the constitution, etc... in deciding these matters.

03-02-2005, 12:06 PM	#37
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	and to add a little fuel to the fire... how is it that a 16 year old girl has the mental capacity and maturity to have an abortion without parental notification, but the same girl wouldn't have the mental capacity to be held responsible for her criminal actions in regards to the death penalty? one side or the other of that equation doesn't jive. and this case doesn't argue the legality of the death penalty - it is the application of the legal death penalty to those under the age of 18. also - in what other supreme court case has one of the justices relied upon international law and national consensus in making a decision. i thought the supreme court was only supposed to apply the constitution, etc... in deciding these matters. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin