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US Senate leader McConnell says wait on replacing Scalia
Reuters via The Jerusalem Post ^ | February 14, 2016

Posted on 02/13/2016 3:37:55 PM PST by PJ-Comix

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that the next US president should be the one to nominate a justice to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the death of Antonin Scalia.

"The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president," McConnell said in a statement.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: antoninscalia; chuckgrassley; iowa; kentucky; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; obituaries; obituary; scalia; scotus; scotusnominee; supremecourt; texas
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To: dfwgator

Don’t know the constitutional answer to this: Can Congress call itself into session if adjourned, or can only a president do that?


21 posted on 02/13/2016 3:49:09 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: All

Obama resigns, Biden nominates him, the pubbies fold and affirm him, Biden becomes democrat party presidential nominee. You read it here first.


22 posted on 02/13/2016 3:49:38 PM PST by pluvmantelo (Barack Obama-gleefully bringing taharrush gamea to your neighborhood)
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To: Dog

What this country needs is another wide-a$$ Latina on SCOTUS.


23 posted on 02/13/2016 3:50:57 PM PST by Paladin2 (w)
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To: PJ-Comix

Well, Mitch, you have said the right words.

Now, let’s see if you have the testicular fortitude to follow up on them.

The future of the country is at stake.


24 posted on 02/13/2016 3:51:08 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: DoughtyOne
I read a report moments ago seemingly saying the exact opposite.

Link?

25 posted on 02/13/2016 3:51:10 PM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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To: pluvmantelo
As long as I don't like Mc Connell

He is the one who leads the current Senate not Politics playing Ted Cruz.

26 posted on 02/13/2016 3:52:25 PM PST by scooby321
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To: PJ-Comix

Doesn’t matter what McDonnell thinks.

What does #BLACKLIESMATTER think?


27 posted on 02/13/2016 3:52:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: PJ-Comix

No, this is not great news....not coming from this idiot.

McConnell cannot be trusted to do the right thing.

You know Onambla will make a nomination, and it will be a sodomite, or some other leftard that will cause a ruckus during the election.


28 posted on 02/13/2016 3:55:06 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: PJ-Comix
Isn't this the same guy who said at CPAC before the elections "If I'm given the opportunity to lead the U.S. Senate next year, I won't let you down."


29 posted on 02/13/2016 3:55:26 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: Dawgreg
Another REPORT just in via the Washington Times confirms what McConnell has stated.
30 posted on 02/13/2016 3:56:21 PM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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To: PJ-Comix

I misread the title:

Go here where I address it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3396710/posts?page=41#41


31 posted on 02/13/2016 3:56:28 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: PJ-Comix

It’s great news, hope he holds. They must have had to lock their doors and hide from the mob to have come out with this statement.


32 posted on 02/13/2016 3:57:56 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: PJ-Comix

Praise be!!! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. It may be a train coming that helps a lot of wayward Republican’s remember what the word means. I’m changing my tagline back btw. Long live the Free Republic. Donate please. I’m tired of seeing the FReepathon threads already. Thanks in advance.


33 posted on 02/13/2016 3:59:47 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic. Repeal the 17th.)
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To: PJ-Comix

I pray to God he holds to this!


34 posted on 02/13/2016 4:03:09 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: PJ-Comix

He will fold and do whatever Obama tells him to do, per usual.


35 posted on 02/13/2016 4:04:26 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: PJ-Comix

You can bet your bottom dollar that Obastard will move quikly to replace him. He will use every single trick in the book to do it.

Now who do we have to oppose this pending move?


36 posted on 02/13/2016 4:04:53 PM PST by crz
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To: PJ-Comix

Just hope and pray this tower of jelly holds to his word.


37 posted on 02/13/2016 4:05:22 PM PST by ZULU (If you support Stokes or Obama, you are too stupid to own a gun.)
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To: PJ-Comix

I don’t know how long the Senate will hold out. It doesn’t seem likely to me.


38 posted on 02/13/2016 4:05:50 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftidsts is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Cruz! Trump! Democrats! Republicans! This year! Next year...

Should somebody call the family?

39 posted on 02/13/2016 4:07:31 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Uh oh...McConnell offered some public token opposition...the fold is imminent!

Look for him to help Obama come up with a backdoor method for confirmation.

Maybe Corker can put forth a process, where the appointee is confirmed unless it’s voted down...a la Iran?

Ha ha...we are screwed with this bunch in charge.


40 posted on 02/13/2016 4:13:51 PM PST by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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