This post by Carimah Townes at thinkprogress.org demonstrates once again that truth is optional with our pro-criminal crusader friends.
The thrust of the post is that Justice Scalia's last judicial act before his death was to deny a stay of execution to Texas double murderer Gustavo Garcia and allow him to be executed. "Scalia denied Garcia's final appeal for a stay of execution last Wednesday," the post says.
Not that there would be anything wrong with that if it were true, but it's not. The post links to the order via a "tweet," and the order unambiguously says that Justice Scalia did not act on the stay himself but instead referred the application for stay to the full Court. This is standard procedure in SCOTUS capital cases. The stay was denied by the Court, not by Justice Scalia individually, with no dissents noted.
The thrust of the post is that Justice Scalia's last judicial act before his death was to deny a stay of execution to Texas double murderer Gustavo Garcia and allow him to be executed. "Scalia denied Garcia's final appeal for a stay of execution last Wednesday," the post says.
Not that there would be anything wrong with that if it were true, but it's not. The post links to the order via a "tweet," and the order unambiguously says that Justice Scalia did not act on the stay himself but instead referred the application for stay to the full Court. This is standard procedure in SCOTUS capital cases. The stay was denied by the Court, not by Justice Scalia individually, with no dissents noted.
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