Posted on 08/05/2008 7:41:59 PM PDT by Fudd Fan
After backing the sovereignty of the state of Texas and rejecting international meddling, the US Supreme Court’s consideration of a last-ditch appeal has put illegal alien rapist/double murderer Jose Medellin’s scheduled execution tonight on hold.
Stay tuned for late-breaking developments.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Kill him anyway. SCOTUS decisions aren’t enforced anyway. Just ask the residents of DC after SCOTUS told them they had a right to keep and bear arms...... DC said screw it and just passed a new law as bad as the last.
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Yes the Scotus has already ruled (Scalia tonight)
AP says it’s going forward.
Wiki said there were five guys convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of those 2 poor girls. Have the other 4 guys been executed yet?
I love that we’re no Europeans!
Again, just so everyone is clear, THIS is the official and final word of the Court:
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/medellin-opinion-8-5-08.pdf
Any media report saying that it’s still being “delayed” is incorrect. The delay was only due to the dissents being authored. No formal stay was ever issued by the SCOTUS.
Medellin can now be executed before midnight.
Fast breaking changes? Bears watching in any case.
Here:
http://www.altavista.com/news/results?q=supreme%20court%20execution%20texas&nc=0&nr=0&nd=1&sort=date
Another 5-4. We cannot let Obama pick the next couple of justices.
Thank you!
“Under a 1963 treaty signed by the United States and 165 other countries, citizens from any of the participating nations are entitled to contact a consular official “without delay” if they are arrested overseas.”
THANK A KENNEDY!!
The Bush Administration would be compelled by law and our constitution to answer to any and all TREATIES signed by this country.
It was Kennedy who signed the stupid thing in 1963!
It’s odd that Michelle is posting the delay. I usually trust her.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a lot of twists and turns on this.
Skin him alive and mount the hide at the border as a warning.
Times a wastin'...
Although a cruel person would give him another month to think about his upcoming trip to Hell....
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Of course, there is no such thing as international "law", since law is an attribute of sovereignty and there is no sovereignty superior to that of the People of the United States.
In exercising that sovereignty, we have delegated our judicial power as follows: "The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
Thus, Mr. Justice Breyer's view, if it ever commanded a majority, would impugn our sovereignty by limiting its exercise as commanded by a body other than an Article III court.
You need to look at the USSC decision. 5-4 to execute him tonight.
Adidos, MF!
You need to email Michelle Malkin.
This is what happened:
The sicko was supposed to be executed at 6 PM Texas time. The guy had a stay request pending at the Supreme Court 6 o’clock came and the Supreme Court had not announced its decision regarding the stay. Thus, Texas held off on executing the guy (the delay) until it heard from the Court. The Court a few minutes ago handed down its decision/opinions in the case. Michelle’s news is now old. (And slightly misleading, but that is the fault of the MSM, not Michelle.)
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