The entire basis of Kennedy’s majority opinion was that there was a “national consensus” against executing child rapists.
Now, that “national consensus” is shown to be a fraud which exists only in the mind of Justice Kennedy and liberals on the Court.
So the entire rational of the decision is in tatters.
But Kennedy thinks that’s just fine.
Yup, now it is “precedent” and they can turn their brains off and keep the ship on cruise control.
1928: 2+2=5-banana
1968: 2+5=2+(2+2 + banana) = 5+2+banana=52+banana-H20
2008: 2+52=H20-banana+X, where X can be neglected because of insufficient consensus
2048: *sorry, US Supreme Court not found, was subject to elimination due to consensus - for service in Spanish, press banana*
Hey, we cannot correct mistakes! Stare decisis is THE guiding principle!