Punch and Jurists

In Re: Troy Davis, No. 08-1443 (U.S. Supreme Court) (557 U.S. 952; 130 S.Ct. 1) (August 17, 2009) (Per Curiam) by Interrupting its summer recess (itself a rare event), and acting on a procedurally rare original writ of habeas corpus directly to the Supreme Court, a 6-2 majority intervened in …