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.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penaltyAn appeals court will now review Taylor's claim that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment, a claim also used by two Florida death-row inmates that won stays from the Supreme Court over the past week. The court has agreed to use one of the cases to clarify how inmates may bring last-minute challenges to the way they will be put to death.
Alito replaced
Sandra Day O'Connor, who had often been the swing vote in capital punishment cases. He was expected to side with prosecutors more often than O'Connor, although as an appeals court judge, his record in death penalty cases was mixed.
Scalia and Thomas have consistently sided with states in death penalty cases and have been especially critical of long delays in carrying out executions.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/01/D8FGN8509.html
Alito Opposes Mo. Execution
Feb 01 9:52 PM US/Eastern
By GINA HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservative 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.
Polish Rob said:Death penalty really doesn't solve much man.
It merely shows that Alito has a mind of his own and is not owned by either the Liberals or Neocons. I already knew that Alito would support the Constitution when he was nominated, and is one of the reasons I supported him. You have to differentiate between the issues Alito pressed for when he was part of the Reagan administration, which was representing his client to the best of his ability, and what he is doing today, which is upholding his oath to interpret the Constitution of the United States. Alito has a great mind, and is a true Conservative judge, not an activist for the right or the left.DeeJayH said:not exactly what I was expecting of this fine man
:thumbdown :damn :2mad:
danarhea said:It merely shows that Alito has a mind of his own and is not owned by either the Liberals or Neocons. I already knew that Alito would support the Constitution when he was nominated...
Mr. President,
I am one of your most vocal critics. As a Conservative, I disagree with you on many issues, and last election I voted for the Libertarian candidate instead of you (you may happily note that I did not vote for Kerry either - LOL).
Like I said, I disagree with you strongly on many things, but there is one area in which I feel you stand out strongly, and that is your selection of Sam Alito for the US Supreme Court.
I just want to say that, although I will always be at odds over many of the decisions you make, and I will not support many of those decisions, I am more than happy to give you credit where credit is due. This selection is an A+ in my book.
For your 2 outstanding nominations to the Supreme Court, let me just say congratulations, Mr. President, on a job well done.
cnredd said:b) As per this instance, WTF!?!?!...Can't a guy go 48 hours on a new job without everyone forming generalized opinions based on one case?...Geez...get a life...
Not this conservative. I fully expected Alito to act fairly on rulings and not by the partisanship that dems predicted. He ruled without thought of party and instead with precedent and law.Gibberish said:The Conservatives are very disappointed.
danarhea said:It merely shows that Alito has a mind of his own and is not owned by either the Liberals or Neocons. I already knew that Alito would support the Constitution when he was nominated, and is one of the reasons I supported him. You have to differentiate between the issues Alito pressed for when he was part of the Reagan administration, which was representing his client to the best of his ability, and what he is doing today, which is upholding his oath to interpret the Constitution of the United States. Alito has a great mind, and is a true Conservative judge, not an activist for the right or the left.
In an earlier thread, I gave Bush an B in nominating judges. The only bad mark was Harriet Miers. Other than her, I would give Bush an A+, and the decision by Alito today proves it. To those Democrats who wanted to filibuster him - Shame on you.
Afterthought - Damn, there are a million threads on this already. Time for MixedMedia to come to the forum and do his MixedMedia thing with all these threads. LOL.
I did a thread in the Media forum on that, and I agree with you entirely. There is a true conflict of interest in the area of corporate news because a corporation, as an artificial person, is required by law to look out only for the monetary interests of its stockholders. This means that they MUST hype so that they attract more listeners and readers, which in turn drives up their ratings, and ultimately the prices which they can charge for advertising, thus fulfilling their true agenda - The profit motive. Real news and investigative reporting therefore suffers. That is why a good name for them is mediawhores. I no longer watch network or cable news for that very reason. They are not right or left biased. They are merely doing what the law requires artificial people to do.mixedmedia said:I agree with you danarhea. I have supported Alito's nomination from day one. Roberts, too, for that matter. If you ignore the hype and instead focus on their decisions there is very little to find that justifies the alarm felt by many liberals and democrats about their nominations. Just goes to support my growing theory that there is not a liberal bias in the media, but rather a bias towards keeping everyone hopped up and tuned in.
And, btw, I am a she. And merging threads is not my "thing." I just follow the directions on the drop down menu thingy.
KCConservative said:The entire Alito split ado aside, Taylor will still be executed. His crime happened in my hometown and the young girl he killed was a student of mine. This extension is not going to prevent his eventual execution. Personally, I don;t think he should be put to death. That's the easy way out. If I had my way, he'd rot in jail and think about what he did for the rest of his days.
Yes, I have always been anti-death penalty...for that very reason.danarhea said:A good argument against the death penalty.
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