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Justice Elena Kagan's first vote is against an execution
Justice Elena Kagan: Kagan's first vote is against an execution - latimes.com
ASHINGTON — Justice Elena Kagan cast her first vote on the Supreme Court late Tuesday, joining the liberals in dissent when the high court cleared the way for the execution of an Arizona murderer.
The 5-4 ruling overturned orders by a federal judge in Phoenix and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that had stopped the execution by lethal injection of Jeffrey Landrigan.
His lawyers, in a last-ditch appeal, had raised questions about one of the drugs used in the execution. Since the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental had suspended production, Arizona officials said they had obtained a supply of the drug from a British company.
The judge in Phoenix put the execution on hold because she said she was "left to speculate" whether this drug was safe for its intended use.
You two, please read that I didn't expect her to vote any other way, and don't really care. It was just humorus as to why. :shrug:
But it is silly to claim she is "voting the liberal line" when she has only voted once. Her record suggest there will be occasions when she may break with the liberals on the court. However, no one has really claimed she is anything other than a liberal. A moderate liberal probably, but still a liberal.
really guys, I expect her to vote the liberal line, thats her prerogative and what Obama would have chosen her.. Don't care. I thought it notable we were worried about the "saftey" of killin drugs. :doh:
What's wrong with just shooting him in the head? Quick and painless, fo sho.
really guys, I expect her to vote the liberal line, thats her prerogative and what Obama would have chosen her.. Don't care. I thought it notable we were worried about the "saftey" of killin drugs. :doh:
environmental impact of lead discharge. DUH.
After all, it's the most fiscally responsible desion to begin with considering one arrow can be used multiple times.
environmental impact of lead discharge. DUH.
<nerd> Crossbows use bolts, actually. </nerd>
<nerd>Great tinfoil hat by the way. Is that from the episode where they graduate from their education beds and Hank wants to become a member of The Sphinx?</nerd>
Like this?I find lethal injection lacking as an execution method. Drugs are inherently unpredictable in addition to being expensive and complicated to administer. A mechanical machine that delivers massive and precise trauma to the brain would likely be more reliable, painless and cheaper.
:lamo That last line is golden. How moronic. If it's goal is to kill the person, the only way it's not "safe for intended use" would be if it was ineffective right?
:lamo That last line is golden. How moronic. If it's goal is to kill the person, the only way it's not "safe for intended use" would be if it was ineffective right?
As previously mentioned, there's the possibility that it doesn't kill them, and instead leaves them in horrendous pain and severe brain damage. I guess you'd have to read the actual trial documents to know for sure, but to assume someone's reasoning is moronic before knowing their reasoning at all is a bit silly in a court-of-law context. I can't tell you how many times I've heard a decision and thought "Wait, what the hell?" only then to read the supporting argument and go "Ooohhh... hadn't thought of that."
As in could leave him not dead and sufferring terribly for hours while they freak out in the execution room wondering how to kill him when all the drugs are used and everyone watching starts screaming and crying etc etc.
Trying mighty hard to find something wrong with her voting as expected.
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