Posted on 03/10/2004 5:55:12 PM PST by swilhelm73
Is this statement in the part of the case that can be referred to by defense lawyers to assist their clients?
"Upholding abortion in the Casey decision, Anthony Kennedy permitted himself one of the most ludicrous lines in Supreme Court history. 'At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life,' he wrote."
If I read this correctly a defendant could use this as a defense for anything just by redefining existence and meaning so that what they did was not a crime. Takes President Clinton's "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" to a whole new level, doesn't it?
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