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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/article/Senior-Associate-Justice-Antonin-Scalia-found-6828930.php Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Very sad news. :-( R.I.P. Antonin Scalia |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Well its going to be interesting watching the republicans try to stop Obama appointing someone else. Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Well its going to be interesting watching the republicans try to stop Obama appointing someone else. Obama would do best to appoint a dead middle of the road man who does not have much baggage. Then when the tea tries to block it, they will end up looking like fools. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Well its going to be interesting watching the republicans try to stop Obama appointing someone else. They don't seemed to have cared about looking like fools up to this point. Why do you you think they will suddenly care now? Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
They don't seemed to have cared about looking like fools up to this point. Why do you you think they will suddenly care now? They may not, or they may wake up that they are a minority and to get their chief fool Trump in and all their fools into congress they need to look a bit middle of the road. Election years are funny. Super radical primary, super center general election. Two faced politicians. (Of course he may just do a recess appointment and tell them to go pound sand.) |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19072 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Well its going to be interesting watching the republicans try to stop Obama appointing someone else. They might have blocked nominations in the past, but the longest time before the new nomination so far has been about 4 months. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The voters will determine, in November, which side they believe is correct.No they won't! Who has the most PAC money and the dirtiest scum-buckets advertising and marketing agency will. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
+1 |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
+1 +2. Elitists. Those presently controlling Western Media, Education, Political Structures, et al. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19072 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
They might have blocked nominations in the past, but the longest time before the new nomination so far has been about 4 months. Washington Post has graph showing days it took to confirm or reject/withdraw the appointment, . https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/time-spent-considering-supreme-court-nominees/1960/ 115 years worth all the way back to Theodore Roosevelt. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
+1 +3 ... |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
In reading ArsTechnica's write-up of some of Justice Scalia's rulings, I find that I actually agree with his opinions on over half of them. |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
In reading ArsTechnica's write-up of some of Justice Scalia's rulings, I find that I actually agree with his opinions on over half of them. Perhaps the result of some good cherry picking ... I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
In reading ArsTechnica's write-up of some of Justice Scalia's rulings, I find that I actually agree with his opinions on over half of them. No doubt. Still interesting to me nonetheless. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19072 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
To the Elitists, with their smug belief in their superiority [sic] over the people/voters: Probably not, because a lot of voters either vote because of their beliefs, not facts, or because they like the look of the candidate. And because the votes are frequently very close, the final outcome could equally be decided by the toss of a coin. Like who should have won Florida in 2000, unfortunately we will never know the answer, but there is probably a 50:50 chance the decision could have been wrong. Therefore it would have been quicker a hell of a lot cheaper to toss a coin. And nobody would have been any the wiser. edit] If a replacement for Antonin Scalia isn't appointed soon who will regret the decisions, or lack of with a 4 - 4 vote, the most. Contraception: Priests for Life v. Burwell Voting rights: Wittman v. Personhuballah Unions: Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association Or a 4 - 3 vote in Fisher v. University of Texas, because Justice Elena Kagan has recused herself. There's a lot more, and many could go against the Republicans. And what happens if there is another decision to be made similar to the Florida 2000 vote, that in the end was decided by SCOTUS. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
And what happens if there is another decision to be made similar to the Florida 2000 vote, that in the end was decided by SCOTUS.Ah, yes. Trump suing Cruz! |
bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7032 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
Always a difference between people regardless of opinion or attitude. Nice man, this Justice. Definitely having a sense or understanding about good values. Therefore most likely able to make a difference or separation between good and bad things as well. RIP. |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
And what happens if there is another decision to be made similar to the Florida 2000 vote, that in the end was decided by SCOTUS. Uhhh... No. SCOTUS did not decide the Florida 2000 vote... The Constitution did. Article. II. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html The Constitution plainly gives the State Legislatures the power to appoint Electors. There is not even a Constitutional requirement that a General Election for President be held in any given State. The People do NOT elect the President. The State Legislatures do. Any General Election for President held in Any State is merely custom. No court of law in the USA has ANY jurisdiction to override this power given by the Constitution DIRECTLY to the State Legislatures. SCOTUS correctly stayed out of it. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The People do NOT elect the President. The State Legislatures do.Except (c) The Legislature shall provide for partisan elections for presidential candidateswhere the constitution says the Legislature does not and the people do. |
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