tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post933179406046005446..comments2023-08-24T10:39:23.460-04:00Comments on CAAFlog: HUGE military scholarship news: Professor Baldus and colleagues examine the military death penaltyDwight Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657981110237418710noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-29834973230325395742009-04-14T09:28:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:28:00.000-04:00Picking up on a point made by Anon 0746, I also do...Picking up on a point made by Anon 0746, I also don't think it's accurate to say that Baldus's prior death pernalty research "persuaded" 4 of 9 Supreme Court Justices of anything. Without going back and reading McCleskey v. Kemp, I am certain that several of the 4 dissenters were already on record with their belief that the death penalty was unconstitutional under any and all circumstances (Brennan and Marshall are two who I believe would fit that category). They didn't need any persuading.John O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014476389355562158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-7642000911459580392009-04-14T07:56:00.000-04:002009-04-14T07:56:00.000-04:00549:
Convincing four Justices on the Supreme Cour...549:<br /><br />Convincing four Justices on the Supreme Court that 'the death penalty is racist and must be banned as violating the constitution'?<br /><br />I suspect I could write that sentence in crayon on the back of a Denny's placemat and submit it to the Supreme Court and at least four would cite it as proof that the death penalty must be banned.<br /><br />There are two choices here:<br /><br />1) He and his team made a boo-boo (there is a chance of that, based on the poor writing); or<br /><br />2) He wanted to prove something about the death penalty and the .mil and thought no one would notice the data point he picked and why it is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-88535236821440449742009-04-13T19:37:00.000-04:002009-04-13T19:37:00.000-04:00Yeah, though 5 - 4 > 1.Yeah, though 5 - 4 > 1.John O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014476389355562158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-12806496282242415232009-04-13T17:49:00.000-04:002009-04-13T17:49:00.000-04:00Maybe Anon1206 should try attacking Baldus again o...Maybe Anon1206 should try attacking Baldus again once s/he persuades four out of nine SCOTUS votes with a research paper. I'd say that's pretty impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-67366657139844163262009-04-13T12:06:00.000-04:002009-04-13T12:06:00.000-04:00I know it is a draft, but it was hard to read beca...I know it is a draft, but it was hard to read because of the glaring sentence structure errors.<BR/><BR/>As to the conclusion...<BR/><BR/>hmmm...<BR/><BR/>let's see...<BR/><BR/>What else might have happened in 1990-92 that changed the number of lower tier scumbags in the military and thus resulted in less death cases for killing their babymomma/cousin/SgtMaj/barracks roomie/pizza guy/some random victim?<BR/><BR/>It was a draw something. <BR/><BR/>Draw-up? Draw sideways? Draw down with all the lower tier non-hackers getting kicked out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com