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Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - deckeda - 02-14-2016
wave rider wrote:
[quote=Grateful11]
[quote=Black]
[quote=PeterW]
Umm no, Obama gets to NOMINATE a SCOTUS justice. The Senate will not even act on the nomination prior to next January.
Sawed on the internets so could be wrong: The longest the Senate has ever stalled on a nominee is 125 days, and Obama has 361 days left of his presidency.
I like this. If there was a Republican in the Whitehouse he would be saying just the opposite.
"The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice," Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement. "Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we
have a new President."
What the heck is McConnell thinking? The constitution says appoint, not elect supremes as I remember.
Bingo!
Every President is technically out of office "pretty soon," so by that logic none of them should be able to nominate anyone. Totally goofy.
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - beagledave - 02-14-2016
Oh Michele Bachmann, if you're going to lionize the dude, you might want to at least get his name right.
God bless Anthony Scalia, finest Sup Ct Justice RIP
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - Speedy - 02-14-2016
Black wrote: Obama has 361 days left of his presidency.
341 days to be exact.
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - Black - 02-14-2016
Speedy wrote:
[quote=Black]Obama has 361 days left of his presidency.
341 days to be exact. Thanks.
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - bfd - 02-14-2016
Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - RgrF - 02-14-2016
bfd wrote:
Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.
Only that we could, the ripples will be with us for some time to come.
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - Ombligo - 02-14-2016
bfd wrote:
Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.
Nope, Justice A. Kennedy was sworn in on Feb 18, 1988 - Reagan appointee
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - Acer - 02-14-2016
Ombligo wrote:
[quote=bfd]
Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.
Nope, Justice A. Kennedy was sworn in on Feb 18, 1988 - Reagan appointee
Whoa whoa whoa--during an election year??? Why didn't they wait for the next president ????
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - Lemon Drop - 02-14-2016
Acer wrote:
[quote=Ombligo]
[quote=bfd]
Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.
Nope, Justice A. Kennedy was sworn in on Feb 18, 1988 - Reagan appointee
Whoa whoa whoa--during an election year??? Why didn't they wait for the next president ????
Zing!
Re: Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead - OWC Jamie - 02-15-2016
It took 835 days to replace Justice Baldwin
Don't anyone hold your breath.