Posted on 02/03/2006 1:05:52 PM PST by FerdieMurphy
Exactly. Therein lies one of the problems. Unless the criminal has been charged under federal law (which in fact there shouldn't be federal laws for murder, etc. if it doesn't involved a federal official) the issue is up to the separate and sovereign states. The case should have stopped at the state's respective Supreme Court
FREAK OUT!!!
WORRY WORRY WORRY!!
SOUTER SOUTER SOUTER!?!?!?!
Don't even mind that this is a completely mis-reported piece, let's FREAK OUT AND WORRY THAT YOU GOT SOUTERED!!!!
you are wrong. period.
"I hope I'm completely WRONG...:(
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You are.
The author is another Chicken Little idiot who can't decipher a fact to save his life. Just looking for a chance to put on the professional victimology wardrobe and rend his garments while screaming "betrayal." 'Sierra Times' should be a tipoff that what follows is likely tinfoil or hysteria.
And there's a sucker registered every minute, it seems...
LOL
Can you explain exactly what he said that relates to this? He was part of a 6 judge majority if I'm reading this right.
The guy had been a USSCJ for less than 24 hours.
Maybe he wanted more time to review a matter of life and death? He deserves the benefit of the doubt, esp since he did what he said he'd do in the hearings.
This is so stupid it is hardly worth commenting on. You people who are throwing a fit about this wouldn't be able to pass a basic civics test if your life depended on it.
The 8th Circuit wants to review this case and Alito voted to allow them to do so. You act as though he made a ruling on the merits - he did not. Get with it, folks.
Seems to me that in a death case it makes sense to go slow and make sure that the fellow is really guilty, and to consider the legal and constitutional arguments that may be presented.
Apparently it seems that way to Justice Alito too.
Good.
LOL
That's exactly how I feel on here sometimes LOL
"'Sierra Times' should be a tipoff that what follows is likely tinfoil or hysteria.
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Yes. "Sierra Times" is often the source for postings here, but it is not a reliable source. Sadly, it often engages in distortions of fact to make a political point.
Commie Ron Kuby might have had a point when he said, "Maybe he just didn't want to kill a guy on his first day on the job."
And how long has this innocent been warehoused? But his "innocence" isn't in contention here. He thinks an injection is a cruel and inhuman way to be executed.
I say bring back Old Sparky and let these vicious killers go out in a blaze of electronic, sparking glory.
No, Bubba, if I happened to be an incoming justice on the Soopreme Court, I'd go with execution every time.
This is a procedural vote, not a vote on the merits of the death penalty (constitutionality of lethal injection). Stop being idiots. When we see his first opinion on a split decision of an important constitutional issue THEN talk.
Already Debunked.
Repeat after me...
"I will not produce knee jerk reactions. I will not produce knee jerk reactions..."
Rush explained it pretty well on Thursday.
Alito did exactly what he said he would during his confirmation testimony.
do you know exactly was argued and held here in this case? do you KNOW what alito voted ON?
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