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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)2/01/2013 5:42:15 am PST

re: #85 Dr. Matt

Considering the vagueness of the proposal (it doesn’t define what sorts of ‘corporal punishment’), it’s unlikely to be signed into law anyhow. If it somehow does get signed into law, it will likely be challenged immediately in federal court for its constitutionality because it seems to challenge the 8th amendment.

Interesting.
en.wikipedia.org

And Jackson vs Bishop decision was a specific case involving corporal punishment in a state prison system.

I suspect that the legislator who put up the bill was not familiar with the applicable case law. And a few minutes in Google looking up the 8th Amendment finds you a lot of information indicating that such a bill would need a lot more thought. Of course, this could also just be grandstanding for his electoral base, in which case he is just wasting legislative time for whatever committee ends up ignoring the bill.