[commish]

THe First ruling was 9-0 against Taylor's appeal that the Death Penalty itself is racist.

The second ruling was Taylor's request that the 8th Circuit hear his appeal on Lethal Injection being Cruel and Unusual punishment. The 8th issued a stay of execution so they could hear the case. Alito ruled to uphold the stay so the 8th could hear the case.

SCOTUS also has a case from Florida on the docket to rule on the same Cruel and Unusual punshment issue.

[rwfromkansas]

Thanks for the info. The articles on this issue were shockingly confusing today. I have rarely seen such poorly-written articles. This is why you have BEAT writers file stories on issues like this, not some GA reporter.