Supreme Court Clears the Way to Execute Child Killer Purkey

The Court’s order dissolving Judge Chutkan’s attempt once more to frustrate justice with infinite delay is here.   Kent correctly predicted several hours ago that Chutkan was “plow[ing] right into reversal number three.”

I’m not especially an optimist, but there may be reason to hope that the Supreme Court is starting to show long overdue impatience with what Justice Alito correctly called abolitionists’ “guerilla war against the death penalty.”  Endless last-minute stunts, newly discovered brain lesions, sudden devotion to religion  —  all the usual maneuvers out of the game-the-system playbook might have worn out their welcome.

And thank you to President Trump and Leader McConnell for Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh, both essential votes in the majority.  The Court’s four more liberal members again dissented.