Scalia Dead
 

KCBS just broadcast he was found dead in Texas.

Carl

Wow. The GOP is gonna freak out over Obama's next appointment. The GOP might try to quash the story and prop him up on the bench, Weekend at Bernie's style.

I guess RIP Scalia, but it sure is a great day for the United States Of America, he is no longer destroying the fabric of our great country..

Carl

I'll say it with no problem,

Rot in Hell you Son of a Bitch.

Luxury resort, private party, he never misses a Koch Summit......



Carl

It says he was "found dead". That probably means the fucker died alone. That pleases me.

I have no problem with him having been an advocate for a conservative POV (which I don't share, BTW) in that I like the idea of a court with different POV's on it. I wouldn't want a court with an absolute conservative or liberal majority, but prefer one with an internal tension (or completely devoid of a political ideology, if that were even possible).

It'll be interesting to see who becomes the spokesperson for conservatism on the SCOTUS. Thomas is probably closest to Scalia in ideology, but I think he's a deaf mute.:D

This is going to be pretty nasty. The Republicans won't confirm Scalia's replacement, no matter who it is. They'll let it drag out until after the general and, if a Republican wins, until after he's sworn in.

I doubt Obama can get a nominee through during an election year unless he nominates Glenn Beck. I am glad Ginsburg is still here for us.

My guess is that the Repubs will try to hold off confirmation until Obama is out of office.

Another Liberal on the bench offers the best chance of that.

It'll be Sammy the Fish.

Beat ya!

No way we will see a new justice till after we have a new president.
why do I feel like singing "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJoj9IqeKg

Wanna gold star? :cool:

Recess appointments are allowed for the SCOTUS, provided that it is truly a Senate recess (unlike the quasi-recess that Obama tried to take advantage of and got shot down for).

"Nothing illustrated the dynamic so well as his close friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with whom he was in frequent disagreement. The two served together on the D.C. Circuit and respected each other’s intellect. Scalia and his wife, and Ginsburg and her husband, Martin, celebrated most New Year’s Eves together."


"Ginsburg said no one made her laugh as much as Justice Scalia did. “I love him. But sometimes I’d like to strangle him,” she once said." WaPo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...mepage%2Fstory

Can anyone confirm the whereabouts of the 'Notorious RBG' last night? :D

I don't celebrate someone's death, but we're certainly far better off without that dangerous, ignorant, pseudo-intellectual on the bench. Opposing points of view is one thing, but we shouldn't have supreme court justices who believe that the Devil no longer makes pigs run off cliffs simply because he's "wilier."

Sure!!

+1

RIP Judge...

My "prayers and sympathies" are with his family.

There will be no end to the process of replacement, it will be kept in a legal battle for years. Yes, there will be no price too small for the Koch Bros. to pay to get another stooge to do their bidding into the SCOTUS, they are left with Justice Oreo and Chief Justice Roberts on most days.


Carl

"The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.”

- Mitch McConnell

What an @sshole. Unless I'm mistaken, the people spoke when they elected Obama. Twice.

But he would be within his right to block, delay and or keep the senate out of recess. Would he not Finn?

Rest In Peace.

Cruise was legally able to block paying for the budget he voted for. His kool aid drinkers think it is great he cost US taxpayers 27 billion for no good reason other than because he could too. Just because he could doesn't make it right IMO.


Carl

Ted Cruz For Supreme Court Justice. :cool: Trump will be happy to seat him.

I want some of what you're smokin'.



Carl

Whatcha gonna say Mitchie when Bernie appoints SCOTUS Justice Obama? :p


Carl

I agree! We should wait until President Clinton is sworn in so she can appoint Justice Obama to the SCOTUS.

Yup! Like I said, this is going to be really, really nasty. The fact that McConnell couldn't even wait until Scalia was cold before declaring war is ample proof of that.

I just hope this will show some of the sane Republicans what a bunch of degenerates are running their party.

It would be precedent-setting to not seat a SCOTUS justice for 11 months. If they do so and a Republican wins the Presidency, the Democrats should do whatever necessary to preclude confirmation of any nominee of the new President for the SCOTUS the remainder of his (full) term. Turnabout is fair play.

I knew they would block a replacement and I knew they would make an election issue out of it. Where I was wrong was that I thought they would wait until tonight's debate to do that. Missed it by a couple of hours.:rolleyes:

Hope he goes in front of a Liberal leaning Judge to argue his case.

Haven't you heard Obama's going to appoint himself to the bench! According to my BIL the TP'r or whatever he is calling it now.




Barney

Guys, even though Scalia is at the far right of the spectrum, he
a) has a family, with a wife and nine kids
b) had the ball s and intellectual capacity to marshall a court over a twenty year period to accept his brand of jurisprudence and thinking. This guy had the smarts, the wit, and the personality to create a conservative court.

Although some of his reasoning was of an ilk I disagreed with, he was one of the deepest thinkers of the modern court, and I tip my hat to him, out of respect and appreciation for serving his country to the best of his abilities. Lets not descend and parallel how the politicians behave on both sides, put pay our respects....and pray a Democrat wins this election.

Condolences but

not a bad thing at all.

Well stated, Dave. As bad as some of his opinions were IMO, gloating over his death is worse.

For the most part the posts in this thread have been free of invective where Justice Scalia is concerned. On the other hand, there have been some pretty sharp and cynical posts concerning what's to come next but Mitch McConnell has proven them to be entirely justified.

I find it ironic and disgusting that the Republicans, who are always whining that Obama violates the Constitution with his executive orders (and legislation for that matter), are now willing to disregard the Constitution for pure political expediency. The Constitution does not vest the power of appointing Supreme Court Justices to the electorate. The Constitution gives that authority to the PRESIDENT, with the advice and consent of the Senate. We have a twice elected President who has nearly a year to serve in his second term. Under the Constitution, the Senate has the obligation to take up whatever individual he selects to fill the vacancy. It is a violation of the Senate's constitutional duty to preemptively usurp the functions of the two other branches of government by obstructing the process. So in response to JBS's question, no McConnell would not be within his rights to refuse to consider a nomination to the Supreme Court.

Regards,

D-Ray

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Class act here.

I think that most of the senators in his own party would reject him.

Regards,

D-Ray

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"The Senate has a constitutional responsibility here that it cannot abdicate for partisan political reasons."

But, of course, they will abdicate their responsibility and for precisely those reasons.

Yep, they've been sitting on Obama's judicial appointments like Kim for the DC Court of Appeals and elsewhere.

IMO, it's Republican leaders like 'Yertle' McConnell who are lawless and should be impeached. :mad: