Supreme Court Justice Scalia dead

[deckeda]

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.

[beagledave]

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

[Speedy]

Black wrote: Obama has 361 days left of his presidency.

341 days to be exact.

[Black]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=Black]Obama has 361 days left of his presidency.

341 days to be exact. Thanks.

[bfd]

Last one of the Reagan era. We can put that time in history to rest.

[RgrF]

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.

[Ombligo]

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

[Acer]

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 ????

[Lemon Drop]

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!

[OWC Jamie]

It took 835 days to replace Justice Baldwin

Don't anyone hold your breath.