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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 23 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Jones v. Mississippi.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones v. Mississippi Anchor | green | “the key assumption of both miller and montgomery was that discretionary sentencing allows the sentencer to consider the defendant's youth, and thereby helps ensure that life-without-parole sentences are imposed only in cases where that sentence is appropriate in light of the def…” | 8 |
| 2 | People v. Collins | green | “the legislature may have acted very unwisely, and departed in our opinion, very widely from that line of policy which the interest of the state demands; yet if they have acted within the scope of 14 the powers conferred upon them by the constitution, this tribunal has no authori…” | 3 |
| 3 | People ex rel. Whipple v. Auditor General | green | “but any question of mere policy can throw but little light on the proper construction of this constitution. it must be construed by its language and the changes made by it in our then existing system. all other guides must be uncertain.” | 3 |
| 4 | Tyler v. People | green | “legislative enactments, as they bear on a matter of public policy, are conclusive; indeed, it is fundamental that courts may not substitute their judgment for that of the legislature.” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Sierra | green | “since the supreme court has chosen to draw the constitutional line at the age of 18 for mandatory minimum life sentences, . . . the defendants' age-based eighth amendment challenges to their sentences must fail.” | 3 |
| 6 | Herrington v. Virginia | neutral | “since the supreme court has chosen to draw the constitutional line at the age of 18 for mandatory minimum life sentences, . . . the defendants' age-based eighth amendment challenges to their sentences must fail.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.