[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 155 (Saturday, September 27, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT TO PROCEEDING

  Mr. FEINGOLD, pursuant to the provisions of section 512 of Public Law 
110-181, submitted his notice of intent to object to proceed to 
consider the resolution (S. Res. 626) expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided 
Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the 
death penalty for the rape of a child, dated July 25, 2008, for the 
following reasons:
  It would be inappropriate for the U.S. Senate to express a view on 
this case at this time and in this manner, as the United States Supreme 
Court has asked the parties in this case and the Solicitor General of 
the United States to submit supplemental briefs in response to a 
Petition for Rehearing. The Senate should not intervene in this ongoing 
legal proceeding. Senators are free to express their opinions on how 
the Supreme Court should rule on the Petition through amicus briefs if 
they wish.

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