Posted on 02/01/2006 8:13:20 PM PST by definitelynotaliberal
Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas are all practicing Catholic so your dumb argument that the Alito Catholicism has effected his judgment on this case is absolutely wrong. The man has been on the court for few hours and he just needed more time to hear the case before ordering the execution of a man, it is a simple as that.
Sorry, no sale. I have a funny feeling that Alito may have been a tad.... distracted.... during the past three months.
You are making a dumb conclusion with absolutely no proof what so ever.
Your dumb as a rock conclusion is as follows: Three practicing Catholics uphold capital punishment, and so a fourth practicing Catholic will not let his Catholicism influence his judgment with regard to capital punishment.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
My only remark was that: maybe he will emerge as an opponent of capital punishment, and if he did that would be consistent with his Roman Catholic faith (whether or not due to that reason), which was held by many to be a positive factor.
PS. And it's worth noting that I oppose capital punishment, so it would hardly upset me if Alito were to emerge as an opponent of the death penalty. My views on both abortion and the death penalty are almost entirely consistent with the Catholic Church, more so than that of many American Catholics, and I'm not merely a lapsed Catholic, I'm a collapsed Catholic. LOL
Since when is execution a conservative virtue? Be pro-life in ALL respects. If someone's in jail for the rest of their life, that should be good enough. You don't have to kill him. It puts you on their level.
Tinfoil hat secure, chief!
Alito Splits With Conservatives on InmateIdiocy on parade.
Press idiocy.
And they suck in a lot of non-critical thinkers with such a 'catchy' title like that too.
Ditto to that.
Bingo - you captured the essence of his decision. Absolutely the right one given the fact he has not had the opportunity to review the case.....or even get the pencils arranged in the center drawer of his desk.
Judge Alito will be fine. Those who demand him to be a "hanging judge" day one do not understand the importance of "deliberation" to the Supreme Court.
"such that it is a badge of slavery"
Sounds like if the guy's lawyer can get him off he'll start going for reparations for what happened to the killer's great great grand pappy!
Too bad it was'nt Teddy Kennedy under appeal. I do believe Alito would have gone with the minority!
Actually, I don't believe this tells us anything about Alito.
It should upset you if you're a consistent conservative. The Constitution clearly provides for capital punishment. Any decision to the contrary -- whether based on changing societal values, norms of international law or religious beliefs -- simply constitutes a justice substituting his view of what constitutes "good" for the clear guidance of our adopted Constitution. If a justice wants to say the death penalty is unconstitutional, he should have run for elective office.
Impeach Alito!
I don't trust the medias interpretation of anything a conservative does. Period. The reporters don't understand the underlying legal or political issues usually and are always trying to frame the story to make it look like a problem for the GOP regardless of whether it makes sense or not. And I don't believe quotes of Republicans unless I see them myself.
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