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I would pay at least eight dollars to put that on my wall.

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I'll admit that I haven't given the Eighth Amendment much thought since law school, but this seems a little absurd to me.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09 ... judge?lite

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stlouie_lipp wrote:I'll admit that I haven't given the Eighth Amendment much thought since law school, but this seems a little absurd to me.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09 ... judge?lite

I saw that. I think I need further explanation in order to buy the Constitutional need for that.

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lukethedrifter wrote:
stlouie_lipp wrote:I'll admit that I haven't given the Eighth Amendment much thought since law school, but this seems a little absurd to me.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09 ... judge?lite

I saw that. I think I need further explanation in order to buy the Constitutional need for that.

So if I strangle a guy will I get the insulin pump I need?

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MrSaigon wrote:
lukethedrifter wrote:
stlouie_lipp wrote:I'll admit that I haven't given the Eighth Amendment much thought since law school, but this seems a little absurd to me.
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide sex-change surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, ruling that failure to do so violated the prisoner's Eighth Amendment right to adequate treatment.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09 ... judge?lite

I saw that. I think I need further explanation in order to buy the Constitutional need for that.

So if I strangle a guy will I get the insulin pump I need?
absolutely

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If any of you know anything about the Stratford Inn in Fenton, you'll find this story even funnier, er, creepier.

Police called to swingers event in Fenton

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planet puma wrote:If any of you know anything about the Stratford Inn in Fenton, you'll find this story even funnier, er, creepier.

Police called to swingers event in Fenton
Police say the suspect was attending his first swingers event and was thrown out because he had complained that most of the other swingers were overweight and unattractive and that made him uncomfortable
I would have posted this in superhappyfun.

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lukethedrifter wrote:
planet puma wrote:If any of you know anything about the Stratford Inn in Fenton, you'll find this story even funnier, er, creepier.

Police called to swingers event in Fenton
Police say the suspect was attending his first swingers event and was thrown out because he had complained that most of the other swingers were overweight and unattractive and that made him uncomfortable
I would have posted this in superhappyfun.
The guest reviews about the hotel at tripadvisor.com definitely belong in superhappyfun. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review ... ml#REVIEWS

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