A little more than a week ago, a white supremacist named Payton Gendron shot and killed ten of his fellow creatures who had done him no harm, and whose only sin was being black. To say that he did this with malice aforethought hardly captures it. The evidence shows that he plotted his attack for weeks if not months; came armed to the teeth with automatic weapons; and did us all the favor of live streaming it while he was going about his business. CNN, seemingly trustworthy for once, has the details
Don’t do this to me, Bill! This may be the first DP case where there is a crack of daylight between us. It’s not whether he deserves it or not. I would never shed a tear for this person.
My apprehension comes from the incredible expansion of the commerce clause to mean whatever the hell government officials want it to. Are we really to believe that the commerce clause was meant to cover shopping for an avocado from California? I would rather see the nation wake up and change the law to make what he did death penalty eligible. The “what is right and good” part of me is fighting with the fealty to the constitution part.
I would think new york state has a law against murder
Don’t do this to me, Bill! This may be the first DP case where there is a crack of daylight between us. It’s not whether he deserves it or not. I would never shed a tear for this person.
My apprehension comes from the incredible expansion of the commerce clause to mean whatever the hell government officials want it to. Are we really to believe that the commerce clause was meant to cover shopping for an avocado from California? I would rather see the nation wake up and change the law to make what he did death penalty eligible. The “what is right and good” part of me is fighting with the fealty to the constitution part.