BREITBART – New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court’s conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection.Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor, who had won a stay from an appeals court earlier in the evening. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas supported lifting the stay, but Alito joined the remaining five members in turning down Missouri’s last-minute request to allow a midnight execution.
The court’s split vote Wednesday night ended a frenzied day of filings. Missouri twice asked the justices to intervene and permit the execution, while Taylor’s lawyers filed two more appeals seeking delays.
Oh geez, what’s next? I bet it’s our civil liberities.
Michelle Malkin also has a Kennedy flashback.
Just so you don’t forget, see Kennedy blowing a gasket on the Senate floor here.
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10:52 pm [ Quote ]
Huh..??..
Alito casts first vote in Missouri death penalty case – appeal says cruel and unusual punishment
On 02/01/2006 7:26:24 PM CST
Newsday Inc. ^ | February 1, 2006, 4:22 PM EST | Newsday Inc.
WASHINGTON —New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cast his first vote on Wednesday, as the court refused to give Missouri permission to immediately execute a man who killed a teenage honor student. The court’s 9-0 action was procedural, however, because a stay was already set to expire Wednesday afternoon.
10:54 pm [ Quote ]
Well a cynic might say they figured it was going to be a 5-4 stay anyway, why not let Alito stand out on this one.
For what it’s worth I’m not a cynic, I think Justice Alito will decide cases the way he reads the facts.
11:31 pm [ Quote ]
Alito Opposes Conservative Justices On First Case. Ted Kennedy’s Face Turns From Beet Red To Apple Red…
hat tip: Drudge Report I wonder what Ted Kennedy thinks about Justice Alito opposing the Supreme Court conservatives on his very first case, by voting to stay an execution in Missouri (if you haven’t already seen the video that inspired…...
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Alito goes to work, casts first Supreme Court vote…
New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cast his first vote on Wednesday, as the court refused to giv…
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I fail to see how this can be anything but scary for conservatives.
It may be as RW suggests. Let’s hope so.
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[...] What??? The man was black? And Alito sided to be cautious on killing him? But, Kennedy said he was a racist bigot! Expose the Left also talks about the overreaction of Kennedy and his cohorts. I say to the Conservative base, don’t overreact on this in the opposite direction. This was his first case, and not nearly enough to make a good judgement on. Hey, this guy is in there…for LIFETIME appointment….We put him there. Don’t judge this guy as the new Kennendy-Souter mistake, at least not yet. To do that is nothing more than knee jerk judgement. Give him a chance. [Comments_(0)] [Printable_Version] [Permalink] [Trackback_URI] [Trackback URI] right click+copy shortcut [RSS feed for comments on this post.] [...]
10:09 am [ Quote ]
Daily Summary…
NEWS: – Alito sworn in as Supreme Court justice – Rep. Bartlett Wins Support to Ban Abortion Pill – Budget Cuts Pass By a Slim Margin – Colorado Groups Lobby for Gay Marriage Ban – House panel probes Mexican incursions…...
12:18 pm [ Quote ]
Alito Sides with Liberals on First Day…
Blowhard Kennedy nearly stroked out on the Senate floor like chicken little calling for the end of the world as liberals know it. Michelle Malkin wonders what Kennedy would say now after Alito wastes no time showing just how un-conservative he can act…
6:51 pm [ Quote ]
I agree with STACLU….. I heard what Alito said in his confirmation hearings, that he would make decisions when and ONLY when he had the full facts of the case. He hadn’t had ENOUGH time to hear or read the full case, so I think he made a correct, strict constitutionalist move!... He wants more time to be apprised of the entire case – had he done otherwise, and voted IMMEDIATELY for the libs, they left would have said “AHA! WE TOLD YOU HE WAS GOING TO LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH!”..
I say, good move by Alito