Posted on 02/13/2016 7:57:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
ust five minutes after the San Antonio Express-News broke news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Conn Caroll, communications director for Utah Republican Mike Lee, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said this on Twitter: "What is less than zero? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia?"
Just 30 minutes later, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz chimed in to say the same. "Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement," he said on Twitter.
National Review writer Charles C.W. Cooke, like other conservative pundits, followed suit with a similar statement. "Senate must simply refuse to appoint anybody. Would be outrageous to replace a giant like Scalia with a minnow like Sotomayor."
Scalia's death was an incredible shock. This conservative reaction is not.
The last Supreme Court Justice to die in office was William Rehnquist, who passed away on Sept. 3, 2005. By the end of the month, President George W. Bush had picked his replacement--John Roberts of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, originally named to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat--and the Senate had confirmed it....
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Constitutional crisis?
What are they smoking over at Slate?
We have been in a constitutional crisis for a long time - it’s just that a lot of people haven’t realized it yet.
Where’s the Constitutional Crisis? The Senate can delay as long as they want. If they gave in, they’d lose the Senate in the fall
No. We have the congress and Senate. FUBO.
Nah, Obama will almost certainly nominate someone as is his right. And the Senate will almost certain ignore it as is their right.
And Scotus will have some 4:4 votes that confirm the lower courts rulings until such time as the position gets filled. I’d actually expect SCOTUS will delay hearing the more controversial cases.
Of course, if the GOP loses the Senate, the Rats could probably conviegn before Obama leaves office. So I can tell you now, at this very moment, the DNC is doubling the dollars to go after weak GOP Senators
Withholding consent on whatever NAZI turd Obama nominates would create a “constitutional crisis”? Where is it written we have to eat **** and like it?
Lots of upcoming rulings with the possibility of a 4-4 vote.
Who knows? Maybe Ginsburg will have the decency to croak. Then the votes will be 4-3
What if Obama makes a recess appointment while the Senate is out? Don’t put it past him.
4:4 would keep Obama Amnesty in check for now
Obama’s executive orders should have resulted in a Constitutional crisis, but the GOP is not an opposition party.
Recess appointments only serve for a limited time, as I recall.
The more I think about the alledged facts of this event, the more I smell corruption and criminality. I have a strong feeling that there IS foul play involved. Look at who is investigating this? The Feds. Is there any chance that the truth will get out without independence in this fact finding?
Vince Foster, again.
I hope so, even though that person could do a lot of damage in a short time.
My bet the Recess appointment has already been signed. Obama will say since McConnell stated he wouldn’t convene the Senate to consider his appointment, he will obey the will of the people that appointed him ... Blah blah blah
A: No. SCOTUS originally had 6 members. 8 is enough.
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