According to the Supreme Court,eliminating the insanity defense violates the U.S.Constitution.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states are not required by the Constitution to provide an insanity defense. In the case of Kahler v. Kansas (2020), the Court upheld Kansas's law, which does not allow defendants to plead insanity but does permit evidence of a defendant's mental state as it relates to the intent to commit a crime. This decision indicates that eliminating a traditional insanity defense does not necessarily violate the U.S. Constitution.

According to the Supreme Court,eliminating the Insanity Defense Violates the U.S.Constitution