I hate everything

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Supreme Court edition.

'cause ... you know what Antonin Scalia said this weekend? He said that torture doesn't violate the cruel-and-usual-punishment ban because it's (wait for it) not punishment, see. No! Because "When he’s hurting you in order to get information from you, you wouldn’t say he’s punishing you. What is he punishing you for?"

Human Rights First points out that this, um, "close reading" of the eighth amendment ignores, you know, A BUNCH OF OTHER AMENDMENTS. And is bullshit.

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[magogin.livejournal.com]

I love Jon Stewart. "It's not that it's not cruel and unusual, it's just that it's not punishment. Okay, that's alright then."

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Jon Stewart makes politics better!