@theceoofanarchism@kolektiva.social when it comes to court cases and Supreme Court cases in particular the details are vital.

The Court rules on specific questions, and those specific rulings are what lower courts use in future proceedings, and what lawmakers can address if we need to have laws changed.

Let me emphasize, it's not a question about whether *the law* is cruel and unusual. That's not the question before the Court, and the Court generally doesn't make such rulings.

The question is whether certain *enforcement actions* are unconstitutional.

One big reason this distinction matters is because it speaks to similar enforcement actions regardless of which laws they may (or may not) be based on.

You see how the different in the question can really matter?