Justice Alito casts his first vote

[William769]

First day includes death row appeal, swearing-in ceremony

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In his first day on the job, Justice Samuel Alito broke ranks Wednesday night with the Supreme Court's conservatives by refusing to allow Missouri to execute death-row inmate Michael Taylor.

Alito sided with five other liberal and moderate justices in rejecting a second request to allow the state of Missouri to execute Taylor.

The justices voted 6-3 Wednesday night to turn down the last-minute request for a midnight execution. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas supported allowing the execution to proceed.

Taylor was sentenced to death for the 1989 kidnapping, rape and stabbing death of 15-year-old Ann Harrison in Kansas City, Missouri.

An initial vote in the Taylor case came Wednesday afternoon, when all the justices rejected Missouri's effort to immediately end a stay of execution for Taylor.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/01/alito/index.html

[skooooo]

1. ....hmmm...well

I hope this is an example of what I've heard over the years -- that you really can't know how a SC judge will turn out.

[Bill McBlueState]

2. oh, I bet the freepers are pissed

One vote isn't worth drawing any conclusions, but I'm sure the freepers are all in a panic.

[William769]

4. I agree, but at least we can assume that he won't be a rubber stamp

for the death penalty. At least it's a start.

[Chimichurri]

3. See, he does care about the "little guy"

He's not so bad :sarcasm:

[npincus]

5. I'm just enjoying the sound of Freepers shitting in their pants...

"Oh no! We've got ourselves a Souter!"

We're stuck with him, so let's wait and see. At least we know he doesn't feel compelled to vote with the Bobsey-twins Scalia and "There's a pubic hair on my Coke" Thomas.

[LibDemAlways]

6. They had 5 votes already, so

it was no harm no foul for Scalito to side with the "moderates and liberals" on this one if only because it created a news story that makes him seem reasonable.

Roberts, the snake oil salesman the Dems rapidly caved on, is turning out to be the long lost Scalia-Thomas triplet.

Anthony Kennedy is going to be the guy to watch. When he sides with the fascists, Alito will be right there, too.

[jackster]

7. my take on this exactly....

let's wait to see...

[TlalocW]

8. Good way to start Thursday morning

Imagining all the freepers sobbing into their morning cornflakes over this betrayal.

I'm sure it won't lsat long.

TlalocW