#SCOTUS has taken no action on the request. No action, in this situation, means no execution can proceed.
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Notably, the 11th Circuit revised its order in the case today to add a note regarding prior
#SCOTUS guidance:pic.twitter.com/3RgK9KPqXN
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(The highlighted portion was not in the 11th Circuit's initial order.)
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Also: I can't imagine 11th Circuit judges or
#SCOTUS justices appreciated this bit from Alabama's SCOTUS brief —>pic.twitter.com/gYV5n4p00e
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This little section is the reason so many people - ADOC officials, media, witnesses - are here at Holman in a holding pattern
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I mean, they didn't need to include that in the brief for it to be so. They are trying to force the court's hand. Seems ...
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... to me to be a risky move. "We need to execute him by midnight" implies "or get a new warrant," which suggests they ...
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... don't ~actually need~ the Supreme Court to take this extraordinary action tonight.
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Most of the official statements to come out of this have noted the midnight expiration on the state's death warrant
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Right. Of course they're going to note it. But, my point is that by making an issue of the warrant, they're showing it's ...
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... a matter of scheduling and convenience and resource conservation, not necessity.
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It's very telling of the state death machine's (dis)regard for the higher courts as facilitators of this system.
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