Wednesday, February 01, 2006
So far, Sam Alito's a solid liberal vote...
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.
Heh. First chance he gets, he does exactly what he said he would do.
2 Comments:
By 
cakreiz, at
Thu Feb 02, 10:10:00 AM:
I'm sure that Ted Kennedy and John Kerry will be holding a joint press conference today, apologizing to the nation and to Judge Alito for their misjudgment in assessing him. Should I start holding my breath now?
By Cassandra, at
Thu Feb 02, 11:53:00 AM:
Thank God the Democrats were able to block this reich-wing extremist judge who rules only on partisan lines and screws the powerless every chance he gets.
Down with the Fascist Oppressors...
