look, pal, when they use the "consideration" of foreign trends to justify the creation of meanings for the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments - which meanings are not even hinted at in the denotation of the words of the texts of those Amendments - in order to contravene duly enacted legislation of the several States and create NEW LAW (a power delegated to the federal and state legislations, not permitted to the Judiciary) in full contempt of the articles of the separation of power in the Constitution AND in direct conflict with the original meaning of the Constitution as written by the Founders, the word "reliance" is inescapable. So is "usurpation".
where the Hell is your head, anyway?
My head is in that land where the actual meanings of words is important. And there the difference between "reliance" and "consideration" is considerable. I consider what you say but don't rely on it.
Apparently you believe that the words "cruel" and "unusual" are precise legal terms or that nothing can be learned from other legal systems. While I don't agree with the ruling I see nothing particularly subversive about considering what those in other nations think of it's issues.