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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by komache2 »

vonnik wrote: post #4

Let's remember him as the man who opposed marriage equality and help to appoint George W. Bush president. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/13/supreme-court-jus... "Maybe, in death, Scalia will meet the original Constitution framers and find out their true intent. Assuming they too are burning in hell" -- https://twitter.com/lindsaygoldwert/status/69863873479173324...

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Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by mikegioia »

work-on-828 wrote: post #11

Is it bad that my third thought was about how this will hurt Hillary's chances? EDIT: It directly counters the argument that Bernie supporters are naive to risk a more leftist candidate who would have a lower chance of being able to appoint justices.

How so?

Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by sbarre »

aklemm wrote: post #8
scruple wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, considering that the Presidential election is this year... (the Republican) Congress will not confirm any nomination from President Obama before the election is over. So, I imagine that the appointment won't happen until after the election cycle. This makes the Congressional races a bit more interesting. edit/ Some words.

Won't they be under an awful lot of pressure considering it will be obvious they are obstructing normal business?

Did you forget the /s tag at the end there?

Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by work-on-828 »

vonnik wrote: post #4

Let's remember him as the man who opposed marriage equality and help to appoint George W. Bush president. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/13/supreme-court-jus... "Maybe, in death, Scalia will meet the original Constitution framers and find out their true intent. Assuming they too are burning in hell" -- https://twitter.com/lindsaygoldwert/status/69863873479173324...

As someone who strongly supports marriage equality and read the full opinion when it came out, I was kinda dismayed to find the dissent a more convincing argument. Did anyone else experience this?

Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by jqm »

hwstar wrote: post #12

Things are going to get very interesting with the pending court decisions coming at the end of June.

Right? But worst case, they can probably deduce how Scalia would have voted (which certainly wouldn't be allowed even though it's likely to be pretty accurate in this case).

Re: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

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Post by hwstar »

aklemm wrote: post #8
scruple wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, considering that the Presidential election is this year... (the Republican) Congress will not confirm any nomination from President Obama before the election is over. So, I imagine that the appointment won't happen until after the election cycle. This makes the Congressional races a bit more interesting. edit/ Some words.

Won't they be under an awful lot of pressure considering it will be obvious they are obstructing normal business?

No. Look what happened when Bush was president, and the democrats stalled the election of supreme court justices. The republicans control 53 senate seats, and can refuse to confirm any justice till they know the outcome of the presidential election. If Trump wins, they'll stall until he takes office. If Sanders or Clinton wins, then they will grudgingly confirm who Obama chooses with some limits.
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