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“... the views of the American people on the death penalty for child rape were, to tell the truth, irrelevant to the majority’s decision in this case”

Justice Scalia votes against rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana. In their original opinion, Scalia says, the justices in the majority were lying, and he has no reason to think they’ll stop lying now.