All I can think is that he did not have appropriate time to research the case. That would make sense to me.
To fault him on this on day 1 is silly.
I have to agree. I would like to know more about his reasoning, however. From everything I could see about Alito, he's a stickler to the law and the facts, regardless of the issue.
The Supreme Court allowed the very same issue to go forward in Florida a week ago. Having two courts rule on this issue lets the Supreme Court decide the issue based on the best case available. This ruling is no big deal and certainly is no idication of Alito's posistion on the issue.
I agree completely. I suspect you are right about him having no time to prepare. And where a human life is at stake, it is far better to err on the side of caution.
He only voted to "stay" the execution...not to stop it from ever happening.
Ignorance of the law is no defense should apply as well to those who claim ignorance because they were using drugs when they committed a crime. Taylor’s claim that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment, hardly holds water in light of what he did to Ann Harrison. Once again the appeals situation is out of hand – who is paying these lawyers to keep appealing for Taylor? The State, i.e., the tax payers? That is probably a crime in itself.
I’ll give Judge Alito a pass on this one but I sure would like to read his opinion.