Of course the NYT's had to spin it this way. Idiots! https://t.co/99fGmsgTa2
— Storm ⛈?? ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@boxersforlife) April 24, 2017
A requested stay of execution from an Arkansas death row inmate facing the death penalty was denied late last week. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to deny the stay request, and the NY Times editorial board handled it this way:
With his first vote, the Supreme Court’s newest member sent a man to die. https://t.co/JxrNpVqmN6 pic.twitter.com/ia3DfonZMR
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 24, 2017
FACEPALM:
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/856478749130461184
And Gorsuch’s career on the SCOTUS bench is just getting started, so imagine where it’ll go from there:
A man who chose to die by willfully committing a brutal crime so heinous the resulting consequence was capital punishment. https://t.co/D2V4WIpOIX
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 24, 2017
So he followed the law. https://t.co/xdD65LOqRz
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 24, 2017
This is totally more persuasive because you stopped to throw a quick fit about Merrick Garland. https://t.co/Yetgr2dInh
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) April 24, 2017
"man" = convicted murderer who had exhausted all of his appeals https://t.co/G64mCigPQY
— Archmage Melvyl (@melvyl) April 24, 2017
In addition to the dozen logical absurdities in this drivel, there's the uncomfortable fact that a 4-4 vote would have meant the same result https://t.co/UYbajfYmxd
— Alex F. Baldwin (@VerumVulnero1) April 24, 2017
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The man murdered a woman with a tire thumper. Save your sympathy for her family. https://t.co/t7DaDpB6G8
— Heather?? (@Maven_History) April 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/SilverScarCat/status/856515333171150848
Actually he confirmed that the man's act of aggravated murder warranted the death penalty according to applicable statutes. https://t.co/50N4Ek1FfB
— David Wohl (@DavidWohl) April 24, 2017
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