U.S. appeals court hands win to Trump plan to resume federal executions

Reuter’s.com ^ | April 7, 2020 | Lawrence Hurley

[John W]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's effort to resume federal executions got a boost on Tuesday from a U.S. appeals court, which tossed a district judge's injunction that blocked four death penalty sentences from being carried out.

The 2-1 ruling by a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit could pave the way to the Justice Department carrying out the first execution of federal death row inmates since 2003, although other issues remain to be litigated.

The two judges in the majority, Greg Katsas and Neomi Rao, were both appointed to the bench by Republican President Donald Trump. The dissenting judge, David Tatel, was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton.

[an amused spectator]

In November, Judge Tanya Chutkan of the district court in D.C. sided with several death row inmates who challenged the law, and agreed to temporarily suspend their executions. The Obama appointee ruled that the federal government likely exceeded its authority by creating a single uniform method of execution, rather than follow the state-by-state approach under the FDPA.

ANNNNDDD - the reason she is WRONG is that some states don't have the death penalty.

You're getting whacked because you fell under the federal system.

I like to remind people of that in my non-death-penalty state.

[an amused spectator]

Agreed on Dubya, ZF.

If your judges are getting approved 97-0 by the full Senate, you're not doing it right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_George_W._Bush

Try finding a XX-0 vote in the Trump judges:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump

[bitt]

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[Clutch Martin]

....and judgeships make some good scratch, gooood scratch. The kind that is hard to lose. Somebody comes along and greases the process with some xtra-bene, doin a solid.

“BANG!” Emeril John Lagassé III

[Salvation]

For later.

[Candor7]

Bring the Lightning President Trump!