Re: Free exercise of religion trumps all for Neil Gorsuch

On Mar 19, 2025 at 11:55:53 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

If the US Supreme Court is petitioned to grant a stay of execution, it
requires at least 5 of 9 justices to agree to the order. (Yeah yeah. I
know this is equity. It's a writ, not an order.)
 
Hoffman v. Westcott
 
In this case, there's no stay.
 
Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson wrote nothing. Neil Gorsuch wrote a brief
dissent.
 
The prisoner awaiting execution is a Bhuddist. There is a tradition of
meditative breathing at time of death that the method of execution to be
used -- asphyxiation by nitrogen gas -- would prevent.

I find this hard to believe since it would imply that all Buddhists can
anticipate their time of death such that an entire tradition can built around
the anticipation of it.