Re: Free exercise of religion trumps all for Neil Gorsuch

On 3/19/2025 3:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

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
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In this case, there's no stay.
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Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson wrote nothing. Neil Gorsuch wrote a brief
dissent.
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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.

Asphyxiation seems no more "preventive" than, say, beheading.  I.e., with either, you can breathe meditatively right up until...