Conservative Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito spar over executions of Muslim, Buddhist inmates.
Why did Justice Brett Kavanaugh oppose a stay of execution for a Muslim inmate denied an imam in the death chamber but support a stay for a Buddhist inmate denied a Buddhist priest by his side?
The extraordinary back and forth, weeks after the decisions came down, laid bare the stark differences among the justices over how to handle the growing challenge of 11th-hour appeals they regularly receive from inmates nearing execution. Murphy had wanted a Buddhist minister in the execution room while Texas policy at the time only allowed Christian or Muslim ministers.
Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, argued against stays in both cases citing what they call a"recurring and important problem" of"inexcusably late stay applications" inundating the court.
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