Did I just hear Alito voted with the Liberal judges on his first rueling?

[Quixote1818]

I just heard something on the news about some kind of Death Penalty case and Alito split away from the Right wing judges and voted with everyone else.

Anyone have a link?

I am not getting my hopes up, but wouldent that be a slap in the face of the Religious Right and the Conservatives if Alito ended up being another David Suter? That would be too cool. Again, not getting my hopes up.

[Jawja]

1. Yeah.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if he turned out to be an independent; unlike Clarence Thomas who votes in lock step with Scalia?

[BushOut06]

3. We can only hope

It would be the sweetest revenge if this came back to bite the neocons in the arse. Didn't that happen with one of Pappy Bush's nominees?

Of course, then they'll just pressure another justice into retiring.

[Quixote1818]

5. Yes, David Suter sides with the Liberal judges most of the time

He turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

[Mr_Spock]

6. Clarence Thomas is the worst judge in history

What a fucking clown - oh, how I despise him.

[upi402]

31. Clarence 'the skunk' Thomas

shite

[blm]

10. I suspect it may be the only facet of catholicism that sunk in.

But, with this gang it's more likely they're playing nicey on something they don't care about so much, just so the media gets the storyline set now that Alito isn't the fearful extremist the Democrats claimed he was.

[RB TexLa]

14. Maybe

As far as the media goes, they are so insulated I'm sure they think the media is a joke. And when you look at how many of the cases they hear even get mentioned, I can't see a reason any of them would care about it.

[stop the bleeding]

2. here is the link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penalty_5

[ruggerson]

9. I skimmed it

but it looks like it was unanimous. I don't see where he voted the other way from The Scalia cabal.

[stop the bleeding]

17. sorry here is a better discussion posts 15 -18

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2080190

[ruggerson]

18. thnx n/t

[UTUSN]

4. So, how did he bone-up on the case. He voted without hearing it?

and where is Ms Day-conner-person?

[sandnsea]

28. Last minute stay

The kind of thing that comes in and is ruled on or somebody is going to be executed.

[LiberalAndProud]

7. wow.

Also Wednesday, Alito was given his assignment for handling emergency appeals: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.


I just got kicked in the teeth.again.

[quinnox]

8. just heard it too - a surprise

Lol, if Alito turns out to be another Souter the conservatives are going to go nuts!

[Coexist]

11. if he does - I will have to do something to make amends

for my evil thoughts - sacrafice a small mammal or something.

[quinnox]

12. lol

[waiting for hope]

13. Wasn't Sandra a surprise as well?

Perhaps he realizes and understands the responsibility of the life time job - we can only wait and see.

[theoldman]

15. The vote was 9 to 0

[Tom Rinaldo]

No the vote was 6 to 3

"WASHINGTON - New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection.

Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor, who had won a stay from an appeals court earlier in the evening. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas supported lifting the stay, but Alito joined the remaining five members in turning down Missouri's last-minute request to allow a midnight execution."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penalty_7;_ylt=Am2PgEFVacNhCMuV_bt6749uCM0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[usregimechange]

23. All be damned.

[Quixote1818]

34. That fuck head Roberts!

Well, any hope of Roberts becoming a David Sutor seem to be disappearing but we can still hold out hope for Alito.

[usregimechange]

21. Than how the hell do they get that he voted with the left bloc!

[sandnsea]

26. There were several votes

He joined the other 5 on at least one, the one where Missouri wanted to expedite the execution, so that is actually something and I'm quite surprised.

[mvd]

16. Here's a link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penalty

But perhaps he wants to start out soft, and then show his true colors.

[Coexist]

19. I hate to think that SCOTUS bows to politics,

but to vote against an African-American death row appeal after being called a bigot would give the left a lot of ammunition if the Idiot Son gets another SCOTUS pick.

Just sayin'

[Rainscents]

24. Bingo!

I would wait and see... Abortion issue is coming up for SC and this is where the test will be.

[undeterred]

20. Russ Feingold quizzed him on a death penalty case

And maybe, just maybe, he awakened the man's conscience.

[iamthebandfanman]

22. interesting

suprised and over joyed but i wont get to hyped up yet.
could be a peace offering on his part though.

i wouldnt look to into it tho.
enjoy the ruling tho, definitely makes me a lil more at ease

we'll just hafta see what comes next

cause frankly, we dont know why he decided the way he did. mite be another reason than just saving someones life.

[mvd]

25. So far, Roberts is looking more like we thought..

Alito would be. But it's still VERY early. We both said the same thing: after a contentious confirmation, maybe he tried especially hard to be fair here.

[Nutmegger]

27. I'm a bit impressed BUT

I'll be even more impressed if, IF, he were to deny Bush Inc of their precious NSA crapola.

[SillyGoose]

29. Son of a gun. Let's hope this trend holds.

[hootinholler]

30. No hope up here either, 6-3 or 5-4, Bottom line's the same.

The execution is stayed. He's just throwing a bone out there to look better than he did in hearings.

-Hoot

[wisteria]

32. Can anyone find a source that mentions why he decided this way?

Usually they list an opinion with these- I have found none. Maybe he requested or needed more time or maybe he needs more information in order to make a decision. From what I have read about this case, it is only a matter of time before they put him to death.

[MODemocrat]

33. I heard that on the news in Kansas City tonight and was shocked

I couldn't believe that I'd heard it right, but my husband said he heard the same thing.