Posted on 02/14/2016 8:03:44 AM PST by crusher
I fully expect him to nominate someone. Further, I think he should. It is his Constitutional responsibility. Thinking only in a non-partisan way, 11 months is a long time for the vacancy to just sit without some action.
Now, here is the BIG problem. The Republican Senate MUST hold firm. Obama would have to peel away 14 R's to confirm any nominee.
The distress among Conservatives and other Republicans should not be that the President will nominate a candidate; the concern SHOULD BE that their own party will stab them in the back during a confirmation battle.
Republicans aren't afraid of Obama; they are afraid of their own party. AGAIN.
Will the establishment FINALLY find a backbone in an election year? I doubt it.
All lower courts exist at the pleasure of congress.
I say disband them all, one by one. Clear out the rot. Send the justices home with pay. Rehire constitutionalists. Yes, this is war.
Remember that pending immigration case that the Supreme court is going to rule on this summer? The one about executive branch over reach. Should Obama be able to stack the Supreme court in his favor
You really think the Republican senate leadership would really waffle and let the Supreme Court enshrine executive branch over reach
She's already "pre-approved" by this Senate.
56-43
I doubt it as well, but they need to know from us in no uncertain terms that if they do not stop this nomination they are finished as a political party.
If they will not be an opposition party they are worthless.
This is the hill they die on.
Whether they like it or not.
If the first nominee is a black communist transvestite retard with no law degree and the Republicans don’t confirm, well . . it could only be because they are RACISTS! I expect crap like that from Grand Crapmaster Ozumba.
The only question is how will the Senate R's respond?
I'm not at all sure the line will hold.
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