Breaking: Justice Scalia has died

[Steve_McGarrett]

Agit8r, post: 13510286, member: 26784"]I wonder what affect this may have on this year's cases

My surmise is the docket will be suspended.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Conservatives Quickly Refuse Any Obama Court Replacement After Antonin Scalia's Death

What a surprise.

And the dems wouldn't do the exact same thing if the roles were reversed......yeah riiiiiight

Imbecile.

Democrats confirmed Reagan's nominee in February, 1988.

The vacancy occurred in June 1987. Do some research before spouting nonsense!.

Robert Bork was nominated and did not receive approval by the Senate who just happened to be controlled by Democrats. The second nominee withdrew because he smoked marijuana. The third nominee turned out to be Anthony Kennedy, who often sides with the other libs on the court.

Now, what were you saying?

 

[deltex1]

Obama has 341 days left......I'm finding it hard to believe they can stonewall constitutional duties for purely partisan intentions.

Since when has Magic concerned himself with constitutional duties? Like being CINC, for instance?

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

I pray another Jew isn't appointed.

 

[Toro]

Wow

RIP

 

[ThoughtCrimes]

I predict a shit storm of epic proportions in the US Senate over the next six months with the Republicans holding up any nomination until next year. Stay tuned!

They have to hold out 300 days plus....

Yup, but it only take one Senator to put a hold on a vote for a qualified nominee. I can't recall if the Senate rules still disallow holds on nominees for SCOTUS or if McConnell got that changed a while back after the rules kerfuffle when Reid held the gavel.

 

[mamooth]

You missed it. It was already thrown out.

No, that's not correct.

Concerning the new Clean Power Act regulations, the SC only issued a stay on the implementation of the new rules. The SC did not rule on the case itself.

Given that the the rules weren't going into effect until 2020 or later, the stay means little. The issue was what the stay signaled about a future SC case. The DC Circuit Court hears the case June 2, and will almost certainly uphold the new rules.

After that, it could go to the SC. The SC requires 4 votes to hear a case, so even without Scalia, they could still vote to hear it. But with a 4-4 tie, the previous circuit court decision would stand.

 

[jillian]

this is where obama gets to guillotine the country. Was it natural or did obama have him assassinated?

you mean by appointing a justice who doesn't pervert our entire body of caselaw like scalia did?

nutcase.

How did he "pervert" it? How do you pervert what is already perverted?

Oh look, Mr. Unelected Tyrannical Judges suddenly falls in love with the Court.

not to mention the "we the people" losers forget that "we the people" elected this president twice and WANT him to nominate justices.

little maroons.

 

[Toro]

I pray another Jew isn't appointed.

Nonsense.

There aren't enough Jews on the bench.

Or black people.

I hope Obama appoints a black Jew.

 

[jillian]

I predict a shit storm of epic proportions in the US Senate over the next six months with the Republicans holding up any nomination until next year. Stay tuned!

They have to hold out 300 days plus....

Yup, but it only take one Senator to put a hold on a vote for a qualified nominee. I can't recall if the Senate rules still disallow holds on nominees for SCOTUS or if McConnell got that changed a while back after the rules kerfuffle when Reid held the gavel.

and then a lot more liberals vote come november and guarantee a democrat is elected.

so there ya go.

 

[idb]

Well....the longest period from nomination to confirmation in the last 50 years is 107 days.....

From March 1st to December 31st 2016 is 305 days.

Think the Republicans can hold out that long? hahaha

Well you dems loved that nuke option, how does it look now?

The Nuclear Option doesn't apply to SCOTUS nominations I believe.

 

[eagle1462010]

George W. Bush judicial appointment controversies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As a result, from June 2001 to January 2003, when the Senate in the 107th Congress was controlled by the Democrats, many conservative appellate nominees were stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee and never given hearings or committee votes.[9]

Subsequently, Senate Democrats started to filibuster judicial nominees. On February 12, 2003, Miguel Estrada, a nominee for the D.C. Circuit, became the first court of appeals nominee ever to be successfully filibustered.[citation needed] Later, nine other conservative court of appeals nominees were also filibustered. These nine were Priscilla Owen, Charles W. Pickering, Carolyn Kuhl, David W. McKeague, Henry Saad, Richard Allen Griffin, William H. Pryor, William Gerry Myers III and Janice Rogers Brown.[11] Three of the nominees (Estrada, Pickering and Kuhl) withdrew their nominations before the end of the 108th Congress.

As a result of these ten filibusters, Senate Republicans began to threaten to change the existing Senate rules by using what Senator Trent Lott termed the "nuclear option". This change in rules would eliminate the use of thefilibuster to prevent judicial confirmation votes. However, in the 108th Congress, with only a two vote majority, the Republicans were in a weak position to implement this procedural maneuver.

The GOP never went Nuclear..............
Reid did...................

 

[jillian]

I pray another Jew isn't appointed.

Nonsense.

There aren't enough Jews on the bench.

Or black people.

I hope Obama appoints a black Jew.

lenny kravitz?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The Republican Senate better deny every last Obama nominee.

That won't work, the people won't stand for it

If they reject the first nominee, they will have a hard time rejecting the second

Really? You mean like the Dems did in 1987-88?

 

[jon_berzerk]

this is where obama gets to guillotine the country. Was it natural or did obama have him assassinated?

you mean by appointing a justice who doesn't pervert our entire body of caselaw like scalia did?

nutcase.

How did he "pervert" it? How do you pervert what is already perverted?

Oh look, Mr. Unelected Tyrannical Judges suddenly falls in love with the Court.

not to mention the "we the people" losers forget that "we the people" elected this president twice and WANT him to nominate justices.

little maroons.

he can nominate all he wants

getting in though may be harder

--LOL

 

[Lakhota]

I'm sure Mitch McConnell will continue his anti-American obstructionist ways by denying Obama's choice for Scalia's replacement.

 

[The Great Goose]

Well he wasn't young. Geez

 

[jillian]

this is where obama gets to guillotine the country. Was it natural or did obama have him assassinated?

you mean by appointing a justice who doesn't pervert our entire body of caselaw like scalia did?

nutcase.

How did he "pervert" it? How do you pervert what is already perverted?

Oh look, Mr. Unelected Tyrannical Judges suddenly falls in love with the Court.

not to mention the "we the people" losers forget that "we the people" elected this president twice and WANT him to nominate justices.

little maroons.

he can nominate all he wants

getting in though may be harder

--LOL

so "we the people" only matters when it's the winger brigade minority at the far right of the loony spectrum?

okie dokie, nut bar.

 

[mdk]

I pray another Jew isn't appointed.

 

[defcon4]

The Nuclear Option doesn't apply to SCOTUS nominations I believe.

Not in New Zealand, it doesn't. You are right...