Court Opinion

ID: 9433278
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:39:40.775523+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:40.378134
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Justice Ginsburg,
with whom Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, and Justice Breyer join, dissenting.
I would deny the application to vacate the stay of Williams’ execution. A diligent appellate court has granted a certificate of probable cause and scheduled this case for argument on May 13. Those actions signal to me the existence of reasons, not the absence of reasons, for granting a stay. At the very least, before acting irretrievably, this Court might have invited prompt clarification of the Court of Appeals’ order. Appreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal closer to the scene than we are, as I see it, demand as much.