Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate

Yahoo! ^ | 02.01.06 2 minutes ago | GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

[balch3]

Exactly. There may be nothing wrong here, but it sure raises some questions. If the libs have managed to get another stealth leftist on the Supreme Court right under our very noses, it'll be one of the most stunning political defeats ever. I'll wait and see before jumping to conclusions, but I'm concerned.

[COEXERJ145]

They aren't interested in discussing anything with anybody who doesn't have the same myopic view they do.

They would rather lie and slander everyone who doesn't march in goose, err, lockstep with their kook views.

[jveritas]

Alito has definitely thought this issue out before.

And how do you know this? He vote is not implying that he agrees that lethal injection is cruel, it is simply he wants to hear more arguments about it. Give the man a break, he has been on the court for 12 hours. Come people! WTF!

[rwfromkansas]

The issue is regarding lethal injection.

True.

However, HIS case is the case that will test it. You obviously do not want THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE CASE dead before you hear it.

I am sure Alito will rule lethal injection is not cruel and unusual, but at this point, since the case is coming before the court, it would be difficult to proceed with a case when the person claiming the injury has already been killed.

[Heartofsong83]

Also, isn't Alito a strong Catholic, and the Catholic Church is strongly opposed to the death penalty?

[jveritas]

Exactly. There may be nothing wrong here, but it sure raises some questions. If the libs have managed to get another stealth leftist on the Supreme Court right under our very noses, it'll be one of the most stunning political defeats ever. I'll wait and see before jumping to conclusions, but I'm concerned.

I am sending you a Reynolds tin foil roll, please give me your address. I will send you some pampers as well.

[Beagle8U]

All that Alito sided with the libs on was to uphold the stay handed down by a lower court.

The USSC wasn't voting on anything but that!

The guy will get a temporary say while the lower it gets worked out how to kill him, thats it.

Its nothing to get excited about

[rwfromkansas]

This article says the unanimous decision came earlier. Apparently it was reviewed again a few hours later, but I don't understand the details, nor why the conservatives split off on that one.

[ALWAYSWELDING]

Alito has definitely thought this issue out before.

And how do you know this? He vote is not implying that he agrees that lethal injection is cruel, it is simply he wants to hear more arguments about it. Give the man a break, he has been on the court for 12 hours. Come people! WTF!

I'm not going to jump to conclusions over this, but I will have to say, IF ANYONE HERE IS CONCERNED ABOUT LETHAL INJECTION BEING CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT (and that includes Alito unfortunately)FOR A RAPIST KILLER OF A YOUNG GIRL OR ANY RAPIST KILLER FOR THAT MATTER THEN YOU'RE ALL SCREWED UP.

[jveritas]

Thomas is a Catholic, Roberts is a Catholic, and Scalia is a Catholic? This has nothing to do with being Catholic, it is about Alito needing more time to decide, since he has been on the Supreme Court for just few hours!

[demlosers]

If the libs have managed to get another stealth leftist on the Supreme Court right under our very noses,...

Exceedingly doubtful. If so, then Alito fooled everyone including Kennedy, Schumer and all the other flaming, kooky libs.

[rwfromkansas]

PLEASE look later in the article.

THERE WAS A 9-0 VOTE EARLIER.

THE 6-3 VOTE CAME LATER THIS EVENING.

Now, as for the details on the votes...why the change...what the heck the votes mean....I DO NOT KNOW.

[zeebee]

Yea, and to prove it, notice how his head is tilted to the left:

[WillT]

Jonathan Adler from National Review gave a quick take of the decision on Bench Memos on NRO:

"On the Supreme Court for scarcely more than 24 hours and Justice Alito casts his first vote — with Justice Kennedy the Court's liberal wing to stay an execution pending in Missouri."

[jveritas]

Exactly right, however the some of the thick skull knee and jerk freepers are not understanding this simplest of points.

[Freedom is eternally right]

Glad somebody here gets it. The lower court voted to rehear the case. Alito voted to allow them to hear it. His vote says nothing about how he feels about the death penalty.

[jveritas]

LOL....

[Zeon Cowboy]

Why limit that to just Freepers? Everyone's jumping the gun here.

[Beagle8U]

LOOK..The court has ruled on several separate motions today.

The 9-0 ruling was related to this, but a freaking totally separate ruling, on a different motion.

[conservativepoet]

"Exactly right, however the some of the thick skull knee and jerk freepers are not understanding this simplest of points."

Agreed!