Scalia Dead

[Oerets]

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

[sheltiedave]

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.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by CarlV

Scalia Dead



Carl

Condolences but

not a bad thing at all.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

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.

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

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

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.

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.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by finnbow

"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.

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

[bobabode]

Class act here.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

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

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

Regards,

D-Ray

[Boreas]

"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.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

"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.