Posted on 08/12/2014 6:12:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Only two possibilities, my friends. One: He’s talking out of his ass here, trying to scare the shinola out of well-heeled liberals in order to make them reach for their wallets before the midterms. (See also “impeachment.”) Two: The fix is in.
Over/under on when Ginsburg calls it quits is summer 2015.
“What’s preventing us from getting things done right now is you’ve got a faction within the Republican Party that thinks solely in terms of their own ideological purposes and solely in terms of how do they hang on to power. And that’s a problem,” Mr. Obama said at the Tisbury, Mass., home of Roger H. Brown, president of the Berklee College of Music.
“And that’s why I need a Democratic Senate. Not to mention the fact that we’re going to have Supreme Court appointments.”
You can, if you like, take that as an early hint that Reid intends to nuke the rest of the filibuster if another Court vacancy opens up. Right now, the filibuster still exists for Supreme Court nominees, albeit not for lower-court nominations; in theory, if Ginsburg quit tomorrow, the GOP would need only 41 votes to block her successor — unless Reid suddenly changes the rules once again, that is. Even if, against all odds, Democrats retained control of the Senate, no one thinks they’ll be anywhere near 60 seats next year. And no one seriously believes that Mitch McConnell, as majority leader, would block an Obama nominee from an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. Which is to say, the only reason having an absolute Democratic majority might matter to O is if Reid’s already planning to get rid of the filibuster for SCOTUS appointments too and let Dems confirm the nominee with 51 votes.
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Republicans pull that one out every four years too.
Truth is , Elections have consequences.
What you do not realize, Mr Obama, is that nobody really wants you to select their replacements. Nobody.
So the question is, which one of them is he planning to knock off?
Let’s riot in the streets and see just what it is the blacks are doing? How much fun is it to really riot?
RE: So the question is, which one of them is he planning to knock off?
Here’s my guess -— the oldest conservative — SCALIA.
That gives him one more liberal to nominate, and a LIBERAL majority.
Seems like there was a pretty good John Grisholm novel about something like this ... The Pelican Brief
Nothing would surprise me from THIS administration.
Nothing.
One of Obumbo’s most damaging actions during his administration Is/will be his realignment of the SCOTUS.
The effects could last for many years.
GMTA
How do you feel about Bill Ayers or Eric Holder being on the Supreme Court for the next 40 years?
How do you feel about a liberal Republican appointing unacceptable SCourt appointees?
You'd better believe the fix is in.
Imagine if, for his last act as President, Obama nominates himself for the USSC.
To which Justice Ginsberg replied, “Over my dead body!”
Given their ages, and some existing health problems, it’s not going to be a surprise to anyone.
Ruth Ginsburg Meets The Obamacare Death Panel
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