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The Constitution lost an ally today

Mike

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It's too bad Buckwheat nominated his two ultra-liberal appointtees. There is little doubt he will continue to "fundamentally change America".
 

Steve

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Mike said:
It's too bad Buckwheat nominated his two ultra-liberal appointtees. There is little doubt he will continue to "fundamentally change America".

and I doubt that he will nominate a moderate,... so we can now expect three ultra liberals that will do decades of damages to our Constitution and laws.
 

cowman52

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Some where in the white house some bodies are trying to figure out what is a better deal, a 4 to 4 vote that will uphold the liberal view of the dems or a knock down drag out fight to get another Sotomayer on the bench. With 18 days of oral arguments and the summer recess not that far away, the wheels are turning.
Recess appointment not going to help a lot, court term starts in October and even if he gets it done, the judge has to leave when the court session ends so June about.
I think Obama will whine, cry, and squeal, and Harry Reid will p*** and moan, the question is will McConnell and Coryn stand firm? Myself, I think they will go gutless sooner than later. Hopefully between Cruz, Lee, Sessions, and a handful of others, maybe the country will survive past 2016.
 

Faster horses

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http://www.vox.com/2016/2/13/10987012/should-obama-replace-scalia

Within minutes of the confirmation of the news that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died, influential conservatives were laying down the notion that President Obama shouldn't be allowed to nominate a replacement.

Presidential candidate and Texas senator Ted Cruz led the charge.


Conservative pundits like National Review's Charles Cooke agreed:




Senate must simply refuse to appoint anybody. Would be outrageous to replace a giant like Scalia with a minnow like Sotomayor.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 13, 2016


The dynamics of the presidential race make it likely that the other Republican contenders will have to follow Cruz's lead, and with the GOP presidential field unanimously opposed to allowing Obama to fill the vacancy it will be difficult for Senate Republicans to defy them. The small number of Republicans representing blue states may break from the pack, but pressure on the leadership to block confirmation will be intense.
 

Mike

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Brad, the Democrats put on quite a circus with the Clarence Thomas affirmation also. Remember that High Tech Lynching of an uppity Black Man that they got shamed into approving?
 

Steve

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Even before his expected retirement on June 27, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form a "solid phalanx" to oppose whomever President Ronald Reagan nominated to replace Powell, assuming that it would tilt the court rightward

Confirmation vote
On October 6, Bork's nomination was rejected in the committee by a 9–5 vote.[14] Since a committee rejection made a rejection by the full (Democratic) Senate extremely likely, Bork was widely expected to concede defeat and withdraw his name from a floor consideration.

The vacant seat on the court to which Bork was nominated eventually went to Judge Anthony Kennedy.

I will bet that the liberals will make this a huge issue of obstructionism, despite having done the same thing years ago..
 

Brad S

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There is no honor anywhere in the dnc. They will absolutely go nuts if someone gets borked. I hope mcConnel stands up to the fight.
 
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