So will Obama nominate Hillary to fill Scalia seat?

[healthmyths]

It would kill 4 birds.
1) Get rid of a liability that Hillary has regarding email,etc.
2) Replace her with a younger less controversial President i.e. Julián Castro former mayor San Antonio and now United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since July 28, 2014.
3) Ensure Obamacare,etc. continue.
4) Bury any Obama skeletons once and for all.

 

[playtime]

I like this better.....

 

[hangover]

So will Obama nominate Hillary to fill Scalia seat?

No, but Bernie probably will next year if cons obstruct Obama's nominee.

 

[whitehall]

The radical left couldn't get Saul Alinsky into the Court so they might settle for one of his disciples.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

So will Obama nominate Hillary to fill Scalia seat?

Also a good choice but, no.

 

[EriktheRed]

It would kill 4 birds.
1) Get rid of a liability that Hillary has regarding email,etc.
2) Replace her with a younger less controversial President i.e. Julián Castro former mayor San Antonio and now United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since July 28, 2014.
3) Ensure Obamacare,etc. continue.
4) Bury any Obama skeletons once and for all.

You are such an idiot.

 

[healthmyths]

It would kill 4 birds.
1) Get rid of a liability that Hillary has regarding email,etc.
2) Replace her with a younger less controversial President i.e. Julián Castro former mayor San Antonio and now United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since July 28, 2014.
3) Ensure Obamacare,etc. continue.
4) Bury any Obama skeletons once and for all.

You are such an idiot.

Why? I'm simply asking a question. What a waste on your part making that comment. Think for once!

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dem lib'rals gonna muck ever'thin' up...

Here’s how the law would dramatically change if a liberal replaces Scalia
February 15, 2016 | If President Obama — or his successor — replaces the late Justice Antonin Scalia with a strong liberal, the Supreme Court’s balance will swing dramatically to the left in the coming years. It might well be the biggest ideological swing in recent memory.

Indeed, American politics has not seen a moment like this one since 1987. That was when the retirement of moderate Justice Lewis Powell, who was the pivotal vote on many big issues, left the court with four strong conservatives and four strong liberals. (The latter included Sandra Day O’Connor, whose votes through 1987 had been quite conservative.) It was clear then that if the Democratic-majority Senate confirmed President Ronald Reagan’s first nominee, the very conservative Judge Robert Bork — as at first seemed likely — the court would swing hard to the right.

The justices of the Supreme Court in 2010. Seated, from left: Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left: Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan.​

Bork himself later told me and others that he would have been the fifth vote to overrule Roe v. Wade and a lot more liberal precedents. But Democratic senators and liberal interest groups went all out to stop him and succeeded by a 58-42 vote. Now the court has four strong liberals, three strong conservatives and one less consistent conservative, Justice Anthony Kennedy. He sometimes joins the liberal bloc on issues including abortion, gay rights and the death penalty. Kennedy also happens to be the Reagan nominee whom the Senate confirmed after Bork’s defeat.

If and when a liberal replaces Scalia, therefore, the court will likely overrule or cut back sharply major conservative precedents including those limiting abortion rights, those restricting race-based affirmative action (in theory if not so much in practice) and those giving strong First Amendment protection to unlimited spending in election campaigns. Below is a quick rundown of what the court might do — not necessarily in the next year or two, but perhaps within five or so years — if a fifth liberal tips the balance.

Race.

See also:

Antonin Scalia death: Obama to act after Senate returns next week
15 Feb.`16 - A new US Supreme Court judge to replace justice Antonin Scalia will be nominated by the president after next week, the White House has said.

There will be no announcement before the Senate returns on 22 February, said deputy press secretary Eric Schultz. Republicans have demanded President Barack Obama - a Democrat - leave the nomination to his successor next year. Mr Scalia, 79, was found dead at a Texas ranch on Saturday. He died of natural causes, a judge has said. Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told the Associated Press news agency she came to that conclusion after speaking to Mr Scalia's doctor and the police. The death of a powerful conservative voice on the bench of the country's highest court threatens to spark a constitutional crisis in the US.

Possible Obama picks

* Srikanth Srinivasan, a 48-year-old judge who was approved in 2013 by the Senate for the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is thought to be favoured
* Jane Kelly, 51, also given unanimous Senate approval in 2013 to the appeals court, has been mentioned
* Paul Watford, 48, was clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, would be third African-American justice
* California Attorney General Kamala Harris, 51, is reportedly eyeing a Senate seat

According to the constitution, the president nominates justices to the court and the Senate - currently controlled by the Republicans - uses its "advice and consent" powers to confirm or reject that person. In recent years, the court has made key rulings on gay marriage, abortion and Mr Obama's key healthcare legislation. The loss of Mr Scalia means the make-up of the court is now four justices picked by a Democratic president and four by a Republican, so there are four largely liberal voices and four largely conservative. The conservatives have been in the majority but a new judge could tip the balance, and Republicans running for president are strongly opposed to Mr Obama making his choice.

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