It would be fascinating to see the tortured explanations and ideological gymnastics by Republicans to explain voting no.
Justice Scalia
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Probably Hillary. First he gives her a blanket pardon. Then he nominates her to the SCOTUS.
There go the guns...or more likely here comes the civil war.
Just use the same arguments the Democrats used against Alioto, Thomas, et al.
Because if Ginsburg died at the end of a Republican president's term, they wouldn't dream of replacing her until after an election..
No, it wouldn't. There's a long history on both sides of justices being considered acceptable for appellate courts but not the SCOTUS.
It would depend upon the makeup of he Senate, just like it does now. The president can make this a political football, or he can act responsibly.
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Hmmm, she's always claimed to be half-Jewish and half-Catholic. If you disagree, you're gonna have to take this up with her.
Also, she's denounced being 'African-American.' She says she's 'Black.'
Whatever her heritage, from a religious perspective she's certainly not atheist.
He should make it a political football. If the GOP wants to block a nomination that is qualified for the job, that is their own problem. They can deal with the consequences.
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Chin and Wood are both over 60 -- i.e., too old. Srinivasan is the only possible nominee out of that threesome.
The world is over as we know it. I honestly want to know what the liberals think the end game will be? A world of full unemployment, entitlements, and a printing press? Get ready for some really crazy stuff from both extremes in the coming weeks...
She really wants to be white but it just isn't working for her...
What are a Alito and Thomas up to since they were denied spots on the Supreme Court?
T & P's to Scalia's life partner, Clarence Thomas.
LC doesn't deal in facts, he paints on a broad canvas of unsupported balderdash, hyperbole and conjecture.
I am rethinking my position on Grassley in all this. Any nomination by Obama would have to go through him, right? He's gone loony right in the past few years, but he is an institutionalist and part of me thinks he will take his job seriously enough to give a hearing to an Obama nominee.
The battle is already on. Sen. McConnell just said we should wait until after the election to replace Justice Scalia, i.e. almost 9 months. The GOP is in favor of the rule of law - right up until the point they aren't.
Metaphorically kind of like you on HROT. Talks a lot, but not well versed in the subject matter.
That's really silly. Look at recent history of the judicial appointments of lame duck presidents, regardless of party. And that's all judicial appointments, not the Big Kahuna. A nominee is not going to be confirmed. Period. That's a fact of life. The question is how Obama deals with it.
Obama was informed of Scalia's death while golfing at the exclusive water gulping PGA West in LaQuinta, where the 1% of the 1%er's come to play. " Drought. What drought " he was heard to say.
He taught con law at one of the best law schools in the world, call it what you want.
