Obama: Who Cares if I Filibustered Alito, Republicans Have to Vote on My SCOTUS Nominee

Life News ^ | 02/16/2016 | Steven Ertelt

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President Barack Obama respond this afternoon to promises by Senate Republicans to not allow a vote o his nominee to replace recently-deceased pro-life Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama doesn't care about the fact that he filibustered Justice Samuel Alito's nomination in an attempt to prevent the Senate from voting to confirm him, he demanded that Republicans allow a vote on his nominee.

After Scalia's death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not take up a vote on a replacement for deceased pro-life Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia until after the presidential election.

Such a promise prevents pro-abortion President Barack Obama from selecting a third pro-abortion Supreme Court justice to follow Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan, both of whom are thoroughly committed to unlimited abortions and upholding Roe v. Wade.

The Washington Examiner reported the comments Obama made in a press conference:

"The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now," Obama told reporters in California. "When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the President of the United States is to nominate someone; the Senate is to consider that someone and either they disapprove of that someone, or that someone is elevate to the Supreme Court," Obama said from Rancho Mirage, Calif., where he was spent two days meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian nations.

"This is the Supreme Court--the highest court in our land," he said. "It is the one court where we would expect elected officials to rise above day-to-day politics, and this would be the opportunity for senators to do their job."

Obama said it's unfair to compare his attempt to deny a vote on Justice Alito, who pro-life groups applauded for upholding the ban on partial-birth abortions, with what Senate Republicans are pledging to do.

"I think what's fair to say is that how judicial nominations have evolved over time is not historically the fault of any single party," he told reporters in California. "This has become just one more extension of politics."

"And, there are times where folks are in the Senate, and they're thinking… is this going to cause me problems in a primary, is this going to cause me problems with supporters of mine, and so people take strategic decisions," he said.

"But, what is also true is, Justice Alito is on the bench right now. I think that, historically, if you look at it, regardless of what votes particular senators have taken, there's been a basic consensus, a basic understanding, that the Supreme Court's different."

Democrats will undoubtedly push for the nomination and a confirmation vote for a new left-wing judge.

"The President can and should send the Senate a nominee right away," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on Twitter. "The Senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible."

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee took a similar line.

"I hope that no one will use this sad news to suggest that the President or the Senate should not perform its constitutional duty," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Saturday. "The American people deserve to have a full functioning Supreme Court.The Supreme Court of the United States is too important to our democracy for it to be understaffed for partisan reasons. It is only February. The President and the Senate should get to work without delay to nominate, consider and confirm the next justice to serve on the Supreme Court."

Leading pro-life advocates agree the Senate should not vote on Scalia's replacement until after a new president has been selected.

Americans United for Life PresidentCharmaine Yoest told LifeNews, "His loss is tragic, and we hope that when it comes time for the Senate to vote on his replacement, that a worthy successor who can pick up his banner can be found after the election."

Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel: "With the passing of Justice Scalia, the future of the High Court and the future of America is hanging in the balance. The Senate must not confirm any nominee to the Supreme Court from President Obama. The Senate must hold off any confirmation until the next President is seated. Unfortunately the presidential debates have been more theater and less substance about the real issues surrounding the Supreme Court. The election of the next President has now taken on even greater importance. The future of the Supreme Court and America now depends on the Senate blocking any nominee by President Obama and the people electing the right person to occupy the White House."

One of the names being bandied about today by experts on the high court is pro-abortion Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

[butterdezillion]

Somebody needs to ask him what part of the Constitution he thought he was following when he said in July of 2008 that he would be POTUS for “the next 8 to 10 years”.

[FenwickBabbitt]

I very much hope that the Republicans continually remind people of Obama and Schumer’s positions on Alito’s appointment. That should be the standard talking point when the presstitutes start talking about Republican obstructionism.

[rottndog]

"And, there are times where folks are in the Senate, and they're thinking is this going to cause me problems in a primary, is this going to cause me problems with supporters of mine, and so people take strategic decisions," he said.

This is the very essence of representative democracy...it's the whole point of a representative republic....legislators are elected for the purpose of representing the interests of their constituency, and should very much be concerned how their voting record effects their electability back home.

Of course accountability to the electorate is a four letter epithet to the America hating Obastard.

[Mister Da]

If McConnell had any guts he would stand up in the Senate & tell Obama, “What goes around, comes around”.

[phil1750]

obuma’s main criteria will be: black, transgendered, muslum, immigrated from Syria,

[Read Write Repeat]

You’d think he’d want to take the high road just one time in this administration, but nope.

Obama will totally nominate an ultra leftist.

[StAntKnee]

Okay, them pubs as well as the other Pubs, too.

[MasterGunner01]

I personally doubt if Obama has even read the Constitution. If he has, given is Marxist upbringing, he sees it as an obstruction to be gotten around. So far, he's managed to do that because the feckless Republican Party will not fight back and oppose him on ANYTHING. They will hem and haw about we can't because he's the first black POTUS and we'll be tarred and feathered by the Donkeys and MSM for being obstructionists. So they do what the congressional leadership does best — they cave and don't even put up the pretense of a fight or opposition. THAT is what angers the majority of Republicans who still care about this country. The Donkeys gave up on America for a socialist utopia years ago.

[Rockhound]

“His anger and the timing of Scalia’s death tells me this is about making a play to abolish the 2nd amendment to cause irreparable damage to the U.S”.

I think you hit the nail on the head, here. Obama has been very disappointed with lack of progress in banning guns. Never forget that the advances made in the Supreme Court regarding the Second Amendment have been determined by one vote.

The article pushes the Abortion angle, but never mentions the 2nd Amendment... I wonder why?