I'm still sticking with my sage prediction that AW would have been a far superior choice for SCOTUS Justice than Justice Kagan.

Is there any doubt where her sentiments lie after a vote on a spurious anti-DP issue such as this?


Justice Elena Kagan's first vote is against an execution

The newest member of the Supreme Court is in the minority in backing a stay of execution over questions about the safety of a drug to be used in a lethal injection. Shortly after the stay was overturned Tuesday, Arizona executed Jeffrey Landrigan.

By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau
October 27, 2010|1:45 p.m.

Washington�Justice Elena Kagan cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court late Tuesday, joining the liberals in dissent when the high court cleared the way for the execution of an Arizona murderer.


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-1028-court-execution-20101027,0,6859358.story

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"Witnesses reported Landrigan appeared to die quietly and with no apparent sign of pain."