It’s pretty clear to me, if Obama moves to make a recess appointment, I’ll be convinced that he had Scalia offed.
There won’t be any convincing me otherwise.
Recess appointments are not permanent appointments to the SC. Literally the Senate could do nothing allow the recess appointment and when the next POTUS takes office submit a nomination for a permanent post.
they better get in session
I had to check the authorship of this piece. For a moment, I though it might have been written by Shep Smith.
Come to think of it, maybe 0bama will appoint Shep Smith.
We are so screwed.
One way or another, Obama will get a Progressive Court. I believe Obama will appoint Scalia's successor, and that McConnell and the Senate will confirm anyone Obama wants, including the odious Eric Holder.
Imagine a 5-4 Supreme Court decision interpreting the 2nd Amendment to ban the mere possession of handguns. It could happen. MILLIONS of us would not comply, of course.
But that could be the inflection point of the downfall of the American Republic, and quite possibly the traceable initiation of the 2nd American Civil War.
This is a completely ridiculous scenario. No way anyone is going to recess appoint Scalia’s replacement before his funeral and a decent period of official mourning. This is pure tin-foil hat stuff.
One FReeper has already questioned this. Regarding talk of an Obama recess appointment, it seems to be up to the Senate to decide when it is in recess, corrections welcome.
My concern is that the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification, RINO-controlled Senate will try to play any constitutional excuse to not take responsibility for confirming an Obama-nominated replacement for Justice Scalio (RIP).
Getting back to recess appointments, again, it looks like it is up to the Senate to decide recesses. And if such is the case, it is also beginning to look like the Senate does not have any solid constitutional loopholes to use as an excuse to ”abdicate” its constitutional responsibility for confirming justices. Again, corrections welcome.
I am sooooo happy that this is an election year. The Senate appears to be between ”a rock and a hard place,” with respect to confirming an Obama-nominated justice, Obama on one side, and patriots very angry at corrupt Congress for protecting lawless Obama for the last 7+ years on the other side.
Remember in November !
Since Clarence Thomas (and possibly Samuel Alito) are the only remaining conservatives worthy of the name on the Court, can they withhold their votes on cases that come before the body? In other words, can they practice a sort of judicial filibuster and simply refuse to rule since the Court is shy one Associate Justice? Or do the justices rule at the command of the Chief Justice, who we know is a squishy obama-ite.
The Senate should refuse to to into recess.
If they had a pair.