“ Sometimes the expressed will of the voters is disregarded by federal judges, as in a 2005 case concerning an aggravated murder in the State of Missouri. As you might recall, the case inspired a Supreme Court opinion that left posterity with a lengthy discourse on international law, the constitutions of other nations, the meaning of life, and “evolving standards of decency.”
John McCain on Roper v. Simmons.
What you may or may not also recall is that the case was about whether or not it is constitutional to execute juvenile offenders. The “discourse on international law,” as Jeffrey Toobin points out here, was Justice Kennedy’s observation that the only other countries to execute juvenile offenders since 1990 are China, Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
But apparently McCain is all for executing the juvenile offenders?