Scalia question

[jon_berzerk]

Can Republican's prevent Obama from making new appointment? I think appointment should be made by the new President. Obama lame duck, USSC lifetime position, so if new Justice is say 46 years old to 50 years old, he or she can be on bench for 30 years or even 40 years. Obama choose Leftist of course, so your First and Second Amendments might be at risk.

The new President should make this appointment IMHO.

Sorry you don't like who the president is. Rules are rules. It's Obama's pick.

If they have no real objection the court just got a lot less conservative.

he can pick away all he wants

he can pick his nose for all i care


he does not get to place one until he has consent of congress

that is just the way it is

Unless he appoints one during the Senate's Recess....

So the Repubs will need to keep the Senate opened and not in recess for the next year.

there is not going to be a recess

and as for him trying to declare a recess himself

on a on a three day off week and placing someone

in 2014 the supreme court handed him his ass for trying it

and also that would be a "temporary" fill

No that's not what the SC got him for....

The Senate pretended they were opened by having 2 Senators come in every day... the SC ruled it was open as long as the two senators came in every day.....while the other 98 senators were on vacation....

It was a bad ruling....but now the SC does NOT have a Republican majority anymore, I'd like to see it challenged again.

Holding: The Recess Appointments Clause authorizes the president to fill any existing vacancy during any recess – whether occurring during or between sessions of Congress – of sufficient length. However, for purposes of the clause, the Senate is in session whenever it indicates that it is, as long as – under its own rules – it retains the capacity to transact Senate business.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

sillie me....isnt obama still our president? so he should be doing the presidential duties....

Why? He hasn't done them yet, in seven years.

One of his duties is to appoint a nominee to the Supreme Court let him do his job

One of the duties of the current Senate majority is to block Obama at every turn. That's why they were put in there. That's what their constituents expect.

They have not done a good job of it. Here's their chance to redeem themselves.

This is the sort of crap that has screwed the American people at every turn.

What sort of "crap"? Be specific.

 

[WorldWatcher]

There's no question the 2nd amendment would be in jeopardy. So would the first and a host of others. And yes, the Republicans could stop him but since the GOP leadership are all enablers, they most likely won't.

McConnell says he won't hold any hearings on Obama's nominees. He better hadn't.

McConnell also said:

""Let's get back to the way the Senate operated for over 200 years, up or down votes on the president's nominee, no matter who the president is, no matter who's in control of the Senate. That's the way we need to operate."

Quite a flip-flop.

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[jon_berzerk]

The Constitution gives the Senate the right to reject Presidential appointments. Anyone who wants to whine about how unfair this is can take it up with James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and/or George Washington.

Rejecting a nominee is different than sitting on our ass for a year.


>>>>

no it is not

it is not giving consent

 

[jon_berzerk]

There's no question the 2nd amendment would be in jeopardy. So would the first and a host of others. And yes, the Republicans could stop him but since the GOP leadership are all enablers, they most likely won't.

McConnell says he won't hold any hearings on Obama's nominees. He better hadn't.

McConnell also said:

""Let's get back to the way the Senate operated for over 200 years, up or down votes on the president's nominee, no matter who the president is, no matter who's in control of the Senate. That's the way we need to operate."

Quite a flip-flop.

>>>>

--LOL

so what

senators

talk out of mouth sides of their mouth usually

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

You can't anull a previous recent election at your whim. This president was elected and those votes say this president should and will exercise the power THE PEOPLE gave him.

Period.

Change your Tampon if you're on your period. The people voted in the last election overwhelmingly for the right, exactly because of obama. And congress doesn't have to rubber stamp his pick. Sorry.

Obama won the last presidential election by almost 5 million votes. The people spoke then.

I get disliking Obama. But the idea that you should change the rules based on that dislike is laughable.

What rules are being changed?

 

[Care4all]

Obama has since day one refused to work with the Senate. He has been very openly dismissive of the REP Congressmen and women and to the REP Senators.
WHAT ******* GOES AROUND COMES AROUND OBAMA!

Nope, quite the opposite, the Republicans refused to work with the president and vowed not to work with the president before he was even inaugurated....

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

One of the duties of the current Senate majority is to block Obama at every turn. That's why they were put in there. That's what their constituents expect.

They have not done a good job of it. Here's their chance to redeem themselves.

This is the sort of crap that has screwed the American people at every turn.

If you disagree with a specific thing Obama has done, I respect that. I don't care for much of what he has done.

But this idea that every action must be opposed, regardless of whether it is good for the people or not, is insanity.

This is EXACTLY why Trump and Sanders are hijacking the presidential race. People don't like it--watch out, super conservatives. I have been entirely open, up to now, in considering a Republican as my vote for president in November. I absolutely, positively will NOT vote for any candidate who opposes even considering the president's nomination. I'm only one, but I'm not alone. I DO NOT SEE why a nominee can't be considered and voted down, if not acceptable.

Luckily Republicans can't win. Voters will see them for what they are. We welcome scalias timing.

Right now the DNC is plotting away

As long as the Senate stays in session the ******* DNC can 'plot' all they want. There is ZERO they can do to circumvent the US CONSTITUTION. ZERO!
You really believe the REP voters waiting to elect a REP President are going to somehow have a problem with the REP controlled Senate upholding the Constitution?
Wise up.
Don't forget the number of declared LIB voters in the 18-35 demographic will NEVER turn out to vote for Cankles the female enabler for Bill Clinton's years of sexual predation against innocent females. When Clinton gets handed the nomination 95% of this demographic are going to stay home. A small percent of them will vote for Trump.
The DNC is totally fucked now.
They are going to have to watch President Trump put 3 of 4 radical young Conservatives on the SC. The REP controlled Senate will gleefully rubber stamp Trump's nominees.
Aside: I hear Debbie's days are now numbered. BTW. I give her one month left from today before she jumps instead of being publicly pushed.
SHE was the MAIN driving force behind doing whatever was necessary to get Hillary the nomination. She fucked up big-time in the opinion of a LOT of very powerful DNC backroom boys and girls.
They wanted Biden. He was willing privately. It was Debbie who basically told him to back off.
The original ticket was going to be Biden with 'Pocahontas' Warren as running mate.
Trump will be President for two terms. The Senate and Congress and SC will be ******* wall-to-wall REPS for at least a decade.
By then the LIBs will have changed their name as often as a crack whore changes her panties.

We will nominate a justice who is a moderate and if your side objects you'll have to explain why. I welcome the conversation.

The stakes have never been higher and I feel confident.

Define moderate.

 

[WorldWatcher]

No President has nominated a SCJ in that President's last year in office in 80 years.

Reagan's nomination of Kennedy was confirmed in February 1988, Reagan left office in January 1989.


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[jon_berzerk]

You can't anull a previous recent election at your whim. This president was elected and those votes say this president should and will exercise the power THE PEOPLE gave him.

Period.

Change your Tampon if you're on your period. The people voted in the last election overwhelmingly for the right, exactly because of obama. And congress doesn't have to rubber stamp his pick. Sorry.

Obama won the last presidential election by almost 5 million votes. The people spoke then.

I get disliking Obama. But the idea that you should change the rules based on that dislike is laughable.

What rules are being changed?

nothing has changed

 

[dannyboys]

It's a real shame that the SC is not thought of as unbiased any more, and we the people have a SC that is considered partisan on all of their critical rulings....


And boy oh boy have the Republicans made sure of that this past decade....

Precisely NOT what our Founders wanted, and the OPPOSITE of what it should be with our Justices.

You are a hateful group of people.

So tell us which DEM Presidents put the current LIB SGJ's on the bench?
Yes we are a very hateful group of people.
We hate what ******* LIBs have done to the country and now we are going to take our country away from you before you completely destroy the fabric of America........with the help of 3-4 new radical REP SGJ's.
Don't like it? ******* move to Germany. Those 'young muslim men of fighting age' who spite on females and shit in front of business they don't like will make you feel like where you belong.

 

[Care4all]

All the Republicans had to do, is keep their mouths shut, let the president appoint a justice and then not approve of the justice's appointment....

INSTEAD THEY ARE MAKING A CIRCUS out of this....

Where none of us ever again will believe justices make their decisions on merit and the COTUS....

You are horrible, horrible Americans and hate this nation.

 

[Iceweasel]

Obama has since day one refused to work with the Senate. He has been very openly dismissive of the REP Congressmen and women and to the REP Senators.
WHAT ******* GOES AROUND COMES AROUND OBAMA!

Nope, quite the opposite, the Republicans refused to work with the president and vowed not to work with the president before he was even inaugurated....

Do you have a source for that? "The Republicans" means more than one person, btw.

 

[jon_berzerk]

This is the sort of crap that has screwed the American people at every turn.

If you disagree with a specific thing Obama has done, I respect that. I don't care for much of what he has done.

But this idea that every action must be opposed, regardless of whether it is good for the people or not, is insanity.

This is EXACTLY why Trump and Sanders are hijacking the presidential race. People don't like it--watch out, super conservatives. I have been entirely open, up to now, in considering a Republican as my vote for president in November. I absolutely, positively will NOT vote for any candidate who opposes even considering the president's nomination. I'm only one, but I'm not alone. I DO NOT SEE why a nominee can't be considered and voted down, if not acceptable.

Luckily Republicans can't win. Voters will see them for what they are. We welcome scalias timing.

Right now the DNC is plotting away

As long as the Senate stays in session the ******* DNC can 'plot' all they want. There is ZERO they can do to circumvent the US CONSTITUTION. ZERO!
You really believe the REP voters waiting to elect a REP President are going to somehow have a problem with the REP controlled Senate upholding the Constitution?
Wise up.
Don't forget the number of declared LIB voters in the 18-35 demographic will NEVER turn out to vote for Cankles the female enabler for Bill Clinton's years of sexual predation against innocent females. When Clinton gets handed the nomination 95% of this demographic are going to stay home. A small percent of them will vote for Trump.
The DNC is totally fucked now.
They are going to have to watch President Trump put 3 of 4 radical young Conservatives on the SC. The REP controlled Senate will gleefully rubber stamp Trump's nominees.
Aside: I hear Debbie's days are now numbered. BTW. I give her one month left from today before she jumps instead of being publicly pushed.
SHE was the MAIN driving force behind doing whatever was necessary to get Hillary the nomination. She fucked up big-time in the opinion of a LOT of very powerful DNC backroom boys and girls.
They wanted Biden. He was willing privately. It was Debbie who basically told him to back off.
The original ticket was going to be Biden with 'Pocahontas' Warren as running mate.
Trump will be President for two terms. The Senate and Congress and SC will be ******* wall-to-wall REPS for at least a decade.
By then the LIBs will have changed their name as often as a crack whore changes her panties.

We will nominate a justice who is a moderate and if your side objects you'll have to explain why. I welcome the conversation.

The stakes have never been higher and I feel confident.

Define moderate.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?
Antonin Scalia

 

[Iceweasel]

All the Republicans had to do, is keep their mouths shut, let the president appoint justice and then not approve of the justice's appointment....

INSTEAD THEY ARE MAKING A CIRCUS out of this....

Where none of us ever again will believe justices make their decisions on merit and the COTUS....

You are horrible, horrible Americans and hate this nation.

Get off your high horse princess. The wailing, kicking and screaming is coming from the left.

 

[WinterBorn]

You can't anull a previous recent election at your whim. This president was elected and those votes say this president should and will exercise the power THE PEOPLE gave him.

Period.

Change your Tampon if you're on your period. The people voted in the last election overwhelmingly for the right, exactly because of obama. And congress doesn't have to rubber stamp his pick. Sorry.

Obama won the last presidential election by almost 5 million votes. The people spoke then.

I get disliking Obama. But the idea that you should change the rules based on that dislike is laughable.

People rejected obama big time, the facts were in long ago. The rules can't force congress to install a liberal activist judge. So laugh until you get a hernia, your loss.

No. The idea that we circumvent the U.S. constitution based on polls or the results of other elections is ridiculous.

Obama is the sitting POTUS.

 

[Iceweasel]

No President has nominated a SCJ in that President's last year in office in 80 years.

Reagan's nomination of Kennedy was confirmed in February 1988, Reagan left office in January 1989.


>>>>

..after the Democrats held up the nomination for months on end. Don't leave that part out.

 

[jon_berzerk]

All the Republicans had to do, is keep their mouths shut, let the president appoint a justice and then not approve of the justice's appointment....

INSTEAD THEY ARE MAKING A CIRCUS out of this....

Where none of us ever again will believe justices make their decisions on merit and the COTUS....

You are horrible, horrible Americans and hate this nation.

need a hankie

--LOL

 

[Papageorgio]

One of the duties of the current Senate majority is to block Obama at every turn. That's why they were put in there. That's what their constituents expect.

They have not done a good job of it. Here's their chance to redeem themselves.

This is the sort of crap that has screwed the American people at every turn.

If you disagree with a specific thing Obama has done, I respect that. I don't care for much of what he has done.

But this idea that every action must be opposed, regardless of whether it is good for the people or not, is insanity.

This is EXACTLY why Trump and Sanders are hijacking the presidential race. People don't like it--watch out, super conservatives. I have been entirely open, up to now, in considering a Republican as my vote for president in November. I absolutely, positively will NOT vote for any candidate who opposes even considering the president's nomination. I'm only one, but I'm not alone. I DO NOT SEE why a nominee can't be considered and voted down, if not acceptable.

Luckily Republicans can't win. Voters will see them for what they are. We welcome scalias timing.

Right now the DNC is plotting away

As long as the Senate stays in session the ******* DNC can 'plot' all they want. There is ZERO they can do to circumvent the US CONSTITUTION. ZERO!
You really believe the REP voters waiting to elect a REP President are going to somehow have a problem with the REP controlled Senate upholding the Constitution?
Wise up.
Don't forget the number of declared LIB voters in the 18-35 demographic will NEVER turn out to vote for Cankles the female enabler for Bill Clinton's years of sexual predation against innocent females. When Clinton gets handed the nomination 95% of this demographic are going to stay home. A small percent of them will vote for Trump.
The DNC is totally fucked now.
They are going to have to watch President Trump put 3 of 4 radical young Conservatives on the SC. The REP controlled Senate will gleefully rubber stamp Trump's nominees.
Aside: I hear Debbie's days are now numbered. BTW. I give her one month left from today before she jumps instead of being publicly pushed.
SHE was the MAIN driving force behind doing whatever was necessary to get Hillary the nomination. She fucked up big-time in the opinion of a LOT of very powerful DNC backroom boys and girls.
They wanted Biden. He was willing privately. It was Debbie who basically told him to back off.
The original ticket was going to be Biden with 'Pocahontas' Warren as running mate.
Trump will be President for two terms. The Senate and Congress and SC will be ******* wall-to-wall REPS for at least a decade.
By then the LIBs will have changed their name as often as a crack whore changes her panties.

We will nominate a justice who is a moderate and if your side objects you'll have to explain why. I welcome the conversation.

The stakes have never been higher and I feel confident.

How do you know that Obama will pick a moderate?

 

[OldLady]

One of the duties of the current Senate majority is to block Obama at every turn. That's why they were put in there. That's what their constituents expect.

They have not done a good job of it. Here's their chance to redeem themselves.

This is the sort of crap that has screwed the American people at every turn.

If you disagree with a specific thing Obama has done, I respect that. I don't care for much of what he has done.

But this idea that every action must be opposed, regardless of whether it is good for the people or not, is insanity.

This is EXACTLY why Trump and Sanders are hijacking the presidential race. People don't like it--watch out, super conservatives. I have been entirely open, up to now, in considering a Republican as my vote for president in November. I absolutely, positively will NOT vote for any candidate who opposes even considering the president's nomination. I'm only one, but I'm not alone. I DO NOT SEE why a nominee can't be considered and voted down, if not acceptable.

Luckily Republicans can't win. Voters will see them for what they are. We welcome scalias timing.

Right now the DNC is plotting away

Maybe Republicans have some good ideas, but their attitude sucks at the moment.

Add independents to that.

What have independents got to do with it?