SCOTUS Justice Scalia passes today...

EL1227 said:

Sherman, Crank up the "Way Back Machine" ... ABCNews.com May 30, 2009 - First President in US History to Have Voted to Filibuster a Supreme Court Nominee Now Hopes for Clean Process Mixing my metaphors, but has karma come to roost for our pontificator-in-chief bitch ? He may have already thrown more than a 'wrench' into current investigations. How about something more effective from the CIA's 'tool box' ? But whad'da I know ...

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glock9mm said:

And it gets better;


SCOTUS Analyst: Loretta Lynch 'Most Likely Candidate' to Replace Scalia

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...a-lynch-most-likely-candidate-replace-n518916

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frogman68 said:

Didnt read it but i can see that as a bargaining chip to allow the indictment of Hillary

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WatTyler said:

Let's hope Roberts doesn't start to feel heart attack-y. Under Stalin, a lot of the inner circle came down with heart attacks. It was a real outbreak.

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randian said:

The Republicans would be fools to take the bait. A conviction is not guaranteed but confirming Lynch would be a guaranteed Progressive disaster.

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Jim Sr said:

The Guns of Scalia​

Senator Leahy: Is there any doubt after the Court’s decision in Heller and McDonald that the Second Amendment to the Constitution secures a fundamental right for an individual to own a firearm, use it for self-defense in their home?

Ms. Kagan: There is no doubt, Senator Leahy. That is binding precedent entitled to all the respect of binding precedent in any case. So that is settled law.

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Jim12 said:

Settled law (wink, wink).

1. individual
2. firearm
3. for self defense
4. home

What's to keep that standard from being met by permitting only a single musket, for self defense, kept inside your door home at all times, subject to registration with the state?

And it's "settled," until it isn't. There is nothing to prevent the Supreme Court from reversing itself in the future if the Constitution a "living document," which Scalia fought against and Kagan is for.

I don't know the context of that quote between Leahy and Kagan, but sounds like was a disingenuous attempt during her confirmation hearing to quell any gun owners' concerns about her 2-A friendliness. It doesn't shed any light on anything; merely confirms what nobody denies. There's plenty of room there to drive a truck through.

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Jim Sr said:

The Guns of Scalia​

Senator Leahy: Is there any doubt after the Court’s decision in Heller and McDonald that the Second Amendment to the Constitution secures a fundamental right for an individual to own a firearm, use it for self-defense in their home?

Ms. Kagan: There is no doubt, Senator Leahy. That is binding precedent entitled to all the respect of binding precedent in any case. So that is settled law.

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redsandman6 said:

I don't think all is lost if Obama does get a new justice through the Senate before he leaves office. Ginsberg is 82 I don't think she makes it another 4 years. The Republicans have to win the election though. If this happens obama gets a liberal and the new republican gets a conservative when ginsberg goes

Kennedy is 79 and Beyer is 77.
These two could go in the next 8 years.

The current average retirement/death age is 79.

The oldedt justice was 90.

The presidential election is huge for the court. But we knew this way before scalia passed away.

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redsandman6 said:

I don't think all is lost if Obama does get a new justice through the Senate before he leaves office. Ginsberg is 82 I don't think she makes it another 4 years. The Republicans have to win the election though. If this happens obama gets a liberal and the new republican gets a conservative when ginsberg goes

Kennedy is 79 and Beyer is 77.
These two could go in the next 8 years.

The current average retirement/death age is 79.

The oldest justice was 90.

The presidential election is huge for the court. But we knew this way before scalia passed away.

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fidelity said:

I agree. I think the next President will get at least a couple of appointments. Hopefully we'll have a Republican Senate and President at that point.

However, I do wonder if the Scalia replacement nomination goes quicker than expected and is confirmed, whether Ginsburg (in poor health, and having lost her husband a few years back and now her dear friend on the Court) may be thinking of retiring now under Obama. In fact, if she announced soon, I think there would be a lot of pressure to fill her slot now which becomes hard to argue against with two vacancies.

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redsandman6 said:

I think she is not going to retire. I also think the democrats would have liked her to retire before Obama leaves office. but I feel she doesn't want to retire and will die in office.

the 2014 election screw up the democrats plans. once they lost the senate it made confirming a far left progressive impossible. this may be another reason she is holding on.

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EL1227 said:

Obama will offer up the MOST polarizing nomination to replace Scalia.

A Black, Hispanic, LBGT, Woman who worships the religion of peace ... to insure that the DemocRATS will use her confirmation refusal to initiate 'fundamental change' in the make-up of Congress during the 2016 election.

As Rush would say ... "Don't Doubt Me !!!"

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Jamie Raskin
Senior Fellow

Senior Fellow Jamie Raskin writes and speaks on issues related to the Constitution and the courts, and helps to advise PFAW and PFAW Foundation's work on behalf of constitutional justice, freedom and political democracy. Jamie is a professor of constitutional law at American University's Washington College of Law (WCL) and a State Senator in Maryland where he is Majority Whip of the Senate. He has written dozens of essays and law review articles and several books, including the 2003 Washington Post bestseller Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People, an analysis of conservative judicial activism and its corrosive effect on political democracy, and We the Students, which analyzes Supreme Court decisions affecting America's students. He has appeared on national television outlets including The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, The Ed Show, and Hannity, and is a regular contributor to The Nation and The Huffington Post. He is a magna *** laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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Tebonski said:

What prevents Obama from making a recess appointment of Schumer or Michelle to the Supreme Court? Can or would McConnell do what was needed to prevent a presidential recess appointment?

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Jim12 said:

The current Congress's term expires on January 3, 2017, before the new Congress (and President) are sworn and take office on January 20, 2017. I don't believe that 17-day gap is a "recess." School is out.

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