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US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Has Died (theguardian.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the rest-in-peace dept.

clovis writes: US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died in his sleep while on a hunting trip near Marfa, Texas. Justice Scalia was a Constitutional originalist and textualist. He did not believe the Constitution was a living document to be interpreted with the evolving standards of modern times.

I, for one, am very interested to see what happens next.

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  1. Hoax by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Netcraft does not confirm it.

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    1. Re:Hoax by fustakrakich · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, it's true. He was dreaming that he was out hunting with Cheney..

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    2. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      This would be an excellent day for Justice Clarence Thomas to continue his tradition of just doing whatever Justice Scalia does.

  2. Way to go by evilviper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scalia died in his sleep after a day of quail hunting.

    It was long in coming, but in the end, I see the quail got their revenge.

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    1. Re:Way to go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Scalia died in his sleep after a day of quail hunting.

      It was long in coming, but in the end, I see the quail got their revenge.

      Do they suspect fowl play?

  3. Could be a cover up. by Kernel+Kurtz · · Score: 5, Funny

    We will never really know that he was not accidentally shot by Dick Cheney

  4. Re:What should happen but won't by Dracos · · Score: 4, Funny

    He can't do that until July when the Senate will be on a long enough recess. There will be a confirmation by then, otherwise Obama will simply put a liberal on the Court.

    Perhaps the biggest "fuck you" Obama could give to the GOP (if McConnell lets this go until the July recess) is to put himself on the bench via recess appointment and resign the Presidency in the same executive order.

  5. Re:What should happen but won't by Rei · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure (s)he's now totally changed their opinion on the nature of the political right after reading your well thought out and well argued post.

    Anyway, can we stop with all of the anger for a minute and remember that a human being just died here? Show some respect. Regardless of whether or not we agree with his positions, there are people out there who loved and cared about this man. My condolences go out to the Koch brothers for their loss.

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  6. Re:What happens next... by Darinbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, a long haired socialist like Jesus on the court? Nonsense, they'd want a proper Christian not some middle eastern immigrant who's soft on crime.

    Of course they're not the party of Lincoln anymore. They were invaded by the racist southern Democrats who were opposed to desegregation. Lincoln's party was the party of the damn yankees interfering in their god given right to keep slaves and beat them regularly.