LEADER 02571nam 22005294a 450 001 9910456700203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-545-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035446 035 $a(EBL)837739 035 $a(OCoLC)732955775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000553358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388472 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10504916 035 $a(PQKB)10001941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837739 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837739 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430460 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035446 100 $a20090108d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath justice$b[electronic resource] $eRehnquist, Scalia, Thomas and the contradictions of the death penalty /$fKenneth W. Miller and David Niven 210 $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-340-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index. 327 $aConsistency is the very foundation of the rule of law -- The death penalty in american law and politics -- Speaking for the public in death penalty decisions -- Defending the states in death penalty decisions -- The wisdom of jurors in death penalty decisions -- The legal and political implications -- The culture battle -- Death penalty policy: breaking the mold. 330 $aJustice Scalia has warned of the danger of fallacies that pass for truth simply because they are frequently repeated. Death Justice argues that one fallacy that passes for truth is the widely held notion that Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas applied a fixed standard--itself based on a fixed meaning of the Constitution--to death penalty cases. In defiance of their judicial rhetoric, their conclusions simply defy their, or any, conception of consistency. And without a logical, consistent foundation, their findings on the death penalty come to resemble little more than personal political 606 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCapital punishment 676 $a345.73/0773 700 $aMiller$b Kenneth W$g(Kenneth Wayne)$08396 701 $aNiven$b David$f1971-$0886265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456700203321 996 $aDeath justice$92098465 997 $aUNINA