[NinoFan]

No, SCOTUS issued no stay. They denied a stay by a vote of 5-4. Opinions here: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/medellin-opinion-8-5-08.pdf

The “delay” (which was not a formal stay at all) was due to those dissents being written.

[Fudd Fan]

Check the links on Malkin’s site. Seems to be confusion.

[Ramius]

Another 5-4. We cannot let Obama pick the next couple of justices.

[Jim Noble]

It is very concerning that Mr. Justice Breyer's dissent says "petitioner’s execution... will place this Nation in violation of international law."

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.

[Postman]

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