Word: trop
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...perfectly clear, at least for me, that the death penalty is constitutional. The Fifth and 14th amendments only prevent the denial of life and liberty without due process of law. When Chief Justice Earl Warren was on this court, in an opinion called Trop v. Dulles, he recognized that capital punishment was not cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. But quite apart from what the Constitution may provide, if I were in a state legislature, I would vote against capital punishment. The U.S. is the only country among the Western democracies that still...
...Procope was refurbished with a vengeance in 1988 -- Pompeian red walls, l8th century oval portraits, crystal chandeliers, flintlock pistols and, for the waiters, quasi-revolutionary uniforms. Also a tinkly piano. If that all seems something that even Napoleon might call de trop, the food is generally good (Michelin recommends it), and the oysters...