desertion from the military can be punished by the death penalty, leading him to ask, "Is constitutional dialectic so empty of reason that it can be seriously urged that loss of citizenship is a fate worse than death?" See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 356 External links 1958 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause case law American Civil Liberties Union litigation