Posted on 09/29/2024 5:38:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan
A society can reach a point where it is literally too stupid to survive. Are we getting close to that fatal juncture? Here is one of many thousands of data points: a judge in Indiana has ordered that state to pay for sex-change surgery on a convicted murderer.
Not just any murderer, but Jonathan Richardson, who is serving a 55-year sentence for strangling his own stepdaughter. He now goes by Autumn Cordellionè. The accent is a nice touch.
The inmate has sought sex reassignment surgery, including an orchiectomy and vaginoplasty, arguing it is the “only remedy” to treat “persistent gender dysphoria”.
The state of Indiana prohibits its prison service from funding gender reassignment surgeries for its inmates.
But the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Indiana Department of Corrections on Cordellionè’s behalf, arguing the state law violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment”.
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A federal judge in Indiana has now agreed that denying the surgery would be unconstitutional.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Let me ask you this:
We have a clearly defined “separation of powers” between the three branches of Government. Which part of the Constitution gives the Judicial Branch the Authority to ORDER the Legislative and Executive Branch to SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS for a Decision made by thje Judicial Branch?????
Most cogent response. Thank you.
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