m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

  • @rsuri
    3•9 months ago

    Typically states are allowed to set their own criminal laws as it’s considered within their powers under the 10th Amendment without federal interference. But they can’t pass a law that would violate the US constitution. This one I’m sure would lead to at least a couple of constitutional arguments, one being that if the state used execution to punish illegal camping it would definitely violate the 8th Amendment, and they can’t just get around that by outsourcing enforcement to individuals. Even this very Republican supreme court might now allow that.

    But to answer the question, if the state wanted to just straight up legalize murder for everyone I think they’d be able to do it without issue.

    • @Maggoty
      5•9 months ago

      Oh they’ve had stand your ground laws for a while now. This is just a new way to get most Americans to tune out. Police say they were homeless and aggressive.