The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

Well, in my job, I avoid political commentary.

I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.

When I joined the Supreme Court in 1975, both state and federal judges accepted the Court's unanimous decision in United States v. Miller as having established that the Second Amendment's protection of the right to bear arms was possessed only by members of the militia and applied only to weapons used by the militia.