Sonia Sotomayor casts first Supreme Court vote, supporting a stay of execution

Los Angeles Times ^ | August 18, 2009 | David G. Savage

[BraveMan]

Newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining a dissent by three liberal justices to stop a pending execution in Ohio.

The full court turned down the last-minute appeal from lawyers for Jason Getsy late Monday evening by a 5-4 vote.

Getsy, 33 and a convicted hit man, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 8 a.m. Pacific time today.

[BraveMan]

What a surprise . . .

[skeeter]

May this be the first of many, many votes in the minority.

[Tarpon]

WOW, she is an ideologue, who knew.

[brytlea]

I was thinking the same thing. No surprise here.

[JRandomFreeper]

a convicted hit man, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 8 a.m. Pacific time today.

He should be assuming room temperature about now.

/johnny

[jessduntno]

Newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining a dissent by three liberal justices to stop a pending execution in Ohio.

I’m shocked...shocked, I tell you...

[bgill]

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Not a good start.

[CaptainK]

But the MSM said she as tough on crime.

[Dr. Ursus]

What a wise Latina!

[NMEwithin]

Hitmen have a right to life....babies do not.

[a fool in paradise]

Maybe the Left will spin this to say she is PRO-gun because she’s defending a professional hit man.

[rwfromkansas]

You always hope she may be a surprise on some things and not be as liberal as expected, but this doesn’t bode well.

[Mark was here]

Trying to save some kinfolk?

[Sparko]

See article here on juror in 1996 trial who will be happy today as well that Getsy bit the big one

Getsy juror outraged
Upset by parole board decision

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/524953.html?nav=5021

[a fool in paradise]

Hitmen have a right to life but not their victims apparently.

His “civil rights” are being jeopardized and never mind what he did to his victims.

[Beeman]

The Defendant was probably a Latino—just a guess.

[Tarpon]

Naw, too dumb.

[a fool in paradise]

Hey now, he could just be a well-heeled DNC contributor.

[NonValueAdded]

Just her vote or are there opinion words?

[envisio]

What you wanna bet she paid no mind to the facts of the case or justice for the victims and made up her mind from the get-go to vote for this stay of execution?

Activism from the bench.