Judges MAKE MAJOR RULING on Trump’s INHUMANE Detention SCHEME

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Mass Detention: 300+ Judges Said No, Two Said Yes

Deep analysis of the ruling that gave the Trump administration its first appellate win on mass detention. Full opinion embedded.

Looking at #HammvSmith, the wild #SupremeCourt case in which #Alabama is desperate to give the #DeathPenalty to someone who their own #courts found #IntellectuallyDisabled, despite it violating the #8thAmendment of the #constitution according to many past rulings. Alabama argues that his #IQtest scores range between 72 and 78, above the limit of 70. Defense counters that experts agree that #IQ is a flawed measure, that he has issues that aren't going to show on IQ tests, and that 72 is so low that the margin of error would reach below 70.

Meanwhile, the courts found multiple times that he was not competent for #execution, and let's be really honest here, everyone, even the #prosecutors, think he is #MentallyDisabled. This feels to me like #DoubleJeopardy and nitpicking: the courts already said he didn't meet the standard of #competence, and the #prosecutor is basically asking the supreme #court to have lower courts ignore facts whenever a state wants to kill people.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/court-appears-divided-on-whether-lower-courts-properly-found-death-row-inmate-to-be-intellectually-disabled/

Court appears divided on whether lower courts properly found death row inmate to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than two decades. The question before the […]

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On 25 May 2018 the Irish people voted by 66.4% to overturn the 8th Amendment, ending the Abortion Ban. Previously abortion was only allowed when a woman's life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. The only constituency to vote against repealing the Eighth amendment was Donegal, with 51.9% voting against the change.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #Abortion #8thAmendment #OnThisDay

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Overcrowding in America's Prisons Violates the 8th Amendment Ban on "Cruel and Unusual Punishment”

The Justice Department has just released a scathing 96-page report accusing the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, GA of engaging in “cruel and unusual

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Trans Women Incarcerated in Florida Say They're Not Receiving Proper Healthcare

Over 20 incarcerated trans women say they are being denied access to hormones, surgeries, and other medical care.

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Straight up 8th Amendment Cruel & Unusual Punishment. Where is #DOJ?
If the federal government wont uphold the Constitution, who will?
It feels like they are afraid of red stares and wont challenge illegal state behavior.
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#8thAmendment
#CruelAndUnusualPunishment
#DOJ
#WhereIsDOJ

On 25th May 2018 the Irish people voted by 66.4% to overturn the Eighth Amendment, ending the Abortion Ban. Previously abortion was only allowed when a woman's life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. The only constituency to vote against repealing the Eighth amendment was Donegal, with 51.9% voting against the change.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #Abortion #8thAmendment #OnThisDay