Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[Rome]

"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


President Obama has a clearly delineated constitutional duty to nominate a replacement for Scalia.  It's not even a question, so why is this ridiculous clown even suggesting that he should shirk that duty? 

Simply astonishing. 

[Rome]

And this...



Boom.

[Diomedes]

I think Obama will try to install someone who will be so obviously qualified and non-controversial that the Republicans will have to let it happen, or face ruinous backlash for their obstructionism.  Sri Srinivasin is the most prominent example of such a candidate.  Not a liberal firebrand, broadly respected, recently supported by McConnell, Rubio, Cruz, etc.  No way late term Obama lets this opportunity pass.  He'll win this one.

[Rome]

He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate (97-0) so of course he'd have no shot at being confirmed for the SCOTUS.

#science

[ice grillin you]

this is the guy that the right has called a hero for the last 24 hours

In a recent dissent that was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, Scalia argued, astonishingly, that the Constitution does not forbid executing a demonstrably innocent man, so long as he has been given a fair trial first. (Justice John Paul Stevens, the senior liberal on the Court, responded in a concurring opinion that putting to death an innocent person would "be an atrocious violation of our Constitution.") In his dissent in Lawrence v. Texas, from 2003, in which the Supreme Court struck down Texas's anti-sodomy law, Scalia compared laws outlawing gay sex with those prohibiting bigamy, incest and bestiality. Having cleared his throat, Scalia then declared,

"Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive. The Court views it as "discrimination" which it is the function of our judgments to deter. So imbued is the Court with the law profession's anti-anti-homosexual culture, that it is seemingly unaware that the attitudes of that culture are not obviously "mainstream" [and] that in most States what the Court calls "discrimination" against those who engage in homosexual acts is perfectly legal."

[Rome]

The sudden death of Justice Scalia creates an immediate vacancy on the most important court in the United States.

Senator McConnell is right that the American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice. In fact, they did — when President Obama won the 2012 election by five million votes.

Article II Section 2 of the Constitution says the President of the United States nominates justices to the Supreme Court, with the advice and consent of the Senate. I can't find a clause that says "...except when there's a year left in the term of a Democratic President."

Senate Republicans took an oath just like Senate Democrats did. Abandoning the duties they swore to uphold would threaten both the Constitution and our democracy itself. It would also prove that all the Republican talk about loving the Constitution is just that — empty talk.

- Elizabeth Warren.

Holy shtein talk about a mic drop.   She gives me a full-on stinger.

[MDS]

there are 46 dems in the senate...then they need to swing 5 pub votes

shouldnt be that tough, right?

but of course this is the issue with the senate that it is not an accurate representation of america. worthless mongoloid infested states like wyoming and montana have 2 senators, just like actual relevant places like california and maryland.

[ice grillin you]

The sudden death of Justice Scalia creates an immediate vacancy on the most important court in the United States.

Senator McConnell is right that the American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice. In fact, they did — when President Obama won the 2012 election by five million votes.

Article II Section 2 of the Constitution says the President of the United States nominates justices to the Supreme Court, with the advice and consent of the Senate. I can't find a clause that says "...except when there's a year left in the term of a Democratic President."

Senate Republicans took an oath just like Senate Democrats did. Abandoning the duties they swore to uphold would threaten both the Constitution and our democracy itself. It would also prove that all the Republican talk about loving the Constitution is just that — empty talk.

- Elizabeth Warren.

Holy shtein talk about a mic drop.   She gives me a full-on stinger.

he claimed to be an "originalist" so youd think he would say that the president and senate should replace him...im pretty sure advise and consent is in there

[Munson]

Marco Rubio was disgusting last night and even moreso today.

[MDS]

not sure why any Ds are scared of robotio...hes a disingenuous clown hillary will mop the floor with

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/02/marco-rubio-jorge-ramos-will-keep-obamas-first-executive-amnesty-place-legislative-amnesty-enacted/

[Sgt PSN]

I think Obama will try to install someone who will be so obviously qualified and non-controversial that the Republicans will have to let it happen, or face ruinous backlash for their obstructionism.

Backlash from who?  Their own party?  Their voters?  Not in a million years.  Obviously there will be backlash from the left, but that hasn't stopped the gop from being obstructive for the last 7 years. Why would this suddenly change that?  If John Boehner or Paul Ryan would have pulled out a gat and put one in the back of Barry's dome during the SOTU on live tv, the right would applaud it from the top all the way down to the youngest, newest registered republican.  If the gop wants to obstruct this, they will, and practically no one within their party will object to it. Bidness as usual.

[Geowhizzer]

there are 46 dems in the senate...then they need to swing 5 pub votes

shouldnt be that tough, right?

but of course this is the issue with the senate that it is not an accurate representation of america. worthless mongoloid infested states like wyoming and montana have 2 senators, just like actual relevant places like california and maryland.

They would need more than that to avoid a filibuster, though.

[ice grillin you]

I think Obama will try to install someone who will be so obviously qualified and non-controversial that the Republicans will have to let it happen, or face ruinous backlash for their obstructionism.

Backlash from who?  Their own party?  Their voters?  Not in a million years.  Obviously there will be backlash from the left, but that hasn't stopped the gop from being obstructive for the last 7 years. Why would this suddenly change that?  If John Boehner or Paul Ryan would have pulled out a gat and put one in the back of Barry's dome during the SOTU on live tv, the right would applaud it from the top all the way down to the youngest, newest registered republican.  If the gop wants to obstruct this, they will, and practically no one within their party will object to it. Bidness as usual.

bingo

short of barry acquiescing and nominating a moderately friendly republican this shtein is getting pushed to after the election

[Munson]

backlash fromn the general electorate....if they perceive the GOP as blocking a nominee purely for political purposes, the general electorate will not give them good results in 2016.

[ice grillin you]

lol

http://www.nytimes.com/live/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-dies-at-79/cruz-we-are-one-justice-away-from-the-second-amendment-being-written-out-of-the-constitution