Why wouldn’t they?
This has the potential to fully achieve Obama’s legacy.
If Obama appoints this replacement justice, then a majority, 5 out of 9 justices, will be very very liberal.
So much for balance on the Supreme Court.
Sometimes you have to pick a hill to die on, according to an old saying.
is this the hill the GOP wants to fight and die on, in the battle to replace Scalia?? Will they fight and vote to reject liberal nominees? will they filibuster? Will they simply put it off till after the presidential election, and then the new president gets to choose???
We’ll see...........
Actually the NRA beat them to it. And that’s not a criticism, just an indication of what an important player Scalia was in the culture war. I like to look at it as a tribute to the man.