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US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Has Died (theguardian.com)
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.
I, for one, am very interested to see what happens next.
You seem to think that doing whatever the President says is part of a Senator's job. Alas, this is not so. Just because the President (Obama, Reagan, whoever) nominates someone in no way obligates any Senator to vote to confirm him. That's why we have Senate confirmation, after all....
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Reasonable Republican = null set
I'm assuming this is modded down because there is very little chance Obama will get a nomination through before Trump is elected, but today is a very, very dark day for American freedom.
More likely was modded down because for many people Truth = Troll. Which is horribly self defeating for the extreme left. The republicans control nearly 2/3rds of the states and are gearing up for an article V convention.
My prediction is that the neo-GOP fanatics are going to do EVERYTHING possible to stall the replacement of Scalia past the election, but I hope President Obama puts up a really good candidate and makes them look as bad as possible before the election. This could be another example of Obama's remarkable good luck, and the country needs LOTS of good luck now.
However, if Obama nominated Jesus Christ, you can be sure the neo-GOP fanatics would fight against the nomination to the bitter end.
Let me repeat, the brand has been hijacked and the hijackers need to be relabeled. They are NOT the Republican Party of Abe Lincoln or the GOP of Teddy or Ike. They are a mob of raging anti-government anarchist lunatics. Maybe you have a better label, but I think neo-GOP is good, largely because "neo" means new and the "O" stood for "Old", way back in the days when words had actual meanings... (These days words are framed for whatever lies the propagandists like.)
As Abe Lincoln said (according to the Donald), "So that government of the corporations, by the lawyers, for the richest 0.1% of Americans, shall rule the earth." Scalia thought so, too, but he was too cunning and diabolical to say it out loud.
Freedom = (Meaningful - Coerced) Choice != (Speech | Beer^2), and sad sock puppets' bad mods avail them naught.
Just for giggles, Obama should announce he's appointing a transsexual atheist communist who asked to wear a burka instead of a robe
To be fair, putting ideological purity over everything else does reflect the will and nature of their voters. US has two right-wing parties, one of which has been taken over by fundamentalists of both secular and religious kind and another which pretends everything is normal for whatever reason. That's what you keep voting for, that's what you got. Enjoy.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.