In emergency applications, the court often does not explain its reasoning, nor does it provide a breakdown of the vote. ADBut Barrett, who joined the court Oct. 27, did not recuse herself from the case, as she has in others early in her tenure. ADIn 1998, she co-wrote a law review article, titled “Catholic Judges in Capital Cases,” that described the tensions. At the 2017 hearing, she noted that she had worked on death cases as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, who supported capital punishment. Hall became the eighth person on federal death row to be executed since Attorney General William P. Barr said he was making it a priority.

Source: Washington Post November 20, 2020 22:48 UTC