Posted on 02/16/2016 2:58:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
My first reaction to the death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13 was fear.
Was it the fear that Obama would get a liberal replacement on the Court? Or the fear that the political fight over the vacancy would hurt Republicans in November? I don’t know. Because the next thought I had was that the Republican Senate would never consent to an Obama nominee in this election year.
So when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that “the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice,” he was merely confirming what I had already intuited. Any Republican senator voting for an Obama Supreme Court nominee would face the end of his career. Period.
Now pundits are talking about various approaches President Obama might take to nominating a successor. He might nominate a stick-it-in-the-eye liberal. Or he might nominate a Republican nominee that Republicans would find it hard to vote against. Or he might appoint a recess justice.
But I think that Obama’s nomination strategy is beside the point. For conservatives, the interim Supreme Court after Scalia tallies up as three conservatives and four liberals with Justice Kennedy in the middle likely to give liberals what they want in headline cases, as in gay marriage.
That’s bad enough. For President Obama to get another liberal on the Court means that the 4-3 Court becomes a 5-3 liberal court that does not need the vote of Justice Kennedy to pass its liberal agenda. For conservatives, that is a hill to die on. It doesn’t matter what the optics are, what the politics are, how the issue might tilt the November election. We cannot allow President Obama to flip the Court.
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Yes, this is one of those hills.
Thom “Not Mel” Tillis of NC has apparently come out in favor of Obama making the nomination. He was another bad primary choice by ill-informed Republican voters.
Absolutely a hill worth fighting for, more than any time I can remember. Do we have committed congressional critters willing to fight the bloody battle to come? I think not..
I don’t think Senator Grassley is committed to tablibng just any nomination either. People in IA probably want the Obama choice, and Grassley is running again.
No, you are right, the brave are nonexistent.
a. A democratic republic with freedom, prosperity, and equality under the law provided by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, or...
b...Venezuela II
(Choice a. is always in jeopardy of slipping to b.; however once b. is chosen, there is no going back to a.)
And, with all due concern, we have to depend on Senator Squich McConnell to be a leader.
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Lynch said that obummas policies would continue after he left office. Now we know how.
Yes. Seems a sure bet.
The Republicans should simply refuse to take any steps that look like a confirmation process.
Once you get that ball rolling in any way shape or form, it will be very hard to stop it.
If the Repubes don’t stand up and stall the appointment until the next admin, then I’m NEVER going to vote for a member of the GOOP again.
EVER.
Hasn’t comrade obama’s pattern been to start with the worse possible candidate and then move along to someone only slightly less putrid?
My son said the Republicans in the Senate will bend over and grab their ankles within the next 30 days on this issue. Unfortunately I happen to agree with him.
They both should weigh in, publicly, on this matter. Unlike other presidential candidates, they actually have some limited power to do something about it.
Your son has a way with words ...
Yes, the kid has a good head on his shoulders.
Yep. If Hussein gets another one on the S.C., it’s going to be time to roll. Cuz, it will be over.
EVER.
If the appointment isn't stalled, there'll be no need to vote again because it will be pointless after that.
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