Hamm v. Smith · ¶115

Nothing in our history, from 1791 to 2002, suggests that there is anything unlawful about executing murderers now protected by Atkins—let alone one such as Smith who reads at an 11th-grade level and has never scored below 71 on a single IQ test. We therefore must adhere “to the correct, original meaning” of the Eighth Amendment, not Atkins. Gamble, 587 U. S., at 712 (Thomas, J., concurring).

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