Exactly. The SC has nullified the judgment of juries and has nullified the judgment of 19 state legislatures, all on the basis of the interpretation of a word "cruel." It's not so much a "liberal" mindset as it is a "bureaucratic" mindset - the goal is to remove any notion of thought/reflection in decision-making, replacing it with a ruling.
"It's not so much a "liberal" mindset as it is a "bureaucratic" mindset - the goal is to remove any notion of thought/reflection in decision-making, replacing it with a ruling."
It's not a bureaucratic mindset either.
It's a monarchical mindset.