Against the Death Penalty

retains the full force of his powerful argument that the time has come for the Supreme Court to revisit the constitutionality of the death penalty.Breyer was joined in his dissent from the bench by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Their passionate argument has been cited by many legal experts including fellow Justice Antonin ScaliaÂ-as signaling an eventual Court ruling striking down the death penalty. A similar dissent in 1963 by Breyers mentor, Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, helped set the stage for a later ruling, imposing what turned out to be a four-year moratorium on executions. [Publisher's text]