If Obama is defeated, than the DemocRATS will react based as much on who retires as who is nominated. If Scalia retires, than a Republican President would have mostly free reign and DemocRATS won’t put up a huge fight. The other possible vacanacies will be a very different story.
It’s interesting that Anthony Kennedy is one of the most powerful people in the country.
“...interesting that Anthony Kennedy is one of the most powerful people in the country.”
And he wasn’t even Reagan’s first choice for that seat. He came in on the heels of another Ginsburg’s ‘scandal’ that wouldn’t be a ‘scandal’ today.
It is un-Constitutional that Anthony Kennedy is one of the most powerful people in the country.