[Dane]

Not only did he have as much time to review the case any other justice, but he was in fact the first to review the case and to then refer it to the full court

It was his first day, O'Connor would have been the first to review it and refer it to the court.

Anyway, I'll take commish's well thought out comments about Justice Alito over your knee jerkiness anyday.

[AntiGuv]

It was his first day, O'Connor would have been the first to review it and refer it to the court.

The Supreme Court says you don't have a clue what you're talking about any more so than usual.

05A705 CRAWFORD, DIR., MO DOC, ET AL. V. TAYLOR, MICHAEL A.

The application to vacate the stay of execution of sentence of death entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on February 1, 2006, presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court, is denied.

The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas would grant the application to vacate.

And Justice O'Connor's circuit was the Ninth Circuit.

[AntiGuv]

Justice Thomas last handled the Eighth Circuit before Alito.