Court Opinion

ID: 9558491
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:10:45.925317+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:20.135140
License: Public Domain

ELLETT, Chief Justice
(concurring with an exception).
I concur in the opinion as written except as to the statement in the fourth paragraph thereof, wherein it is stated that “we have no disagreement . . . that even though a statute may be adjudged to be constitutional at one time, it is possible that times and conditions may change so that it might be adjudged to be unconstitutional
This language is the language of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States which they use as a shield to interfere officiously with the imposition of the death penalty. It is a specious argument used by judges who wish to usurp the powers of the legislative branch of government, and one to which I can never agree.