Posted on 02/13/2016 8:01:40 PM PST by servo1969
Nightmare scenario-
FOX News reported this afternoon that Barack Obama can appoint a left-wing Supreme Court Justice after the Republican Senate adjourns on January 3, 2016.
Obama will then have 17 days to nominate a far left justice to the Supreme Court.
11 of 12 previous recess appointments were approved by the senate.
This came up in discussion after news broke that conservative Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead today.
This would be his last 'eff-you' to the American people before he leaves office.
God help us.
I don’t think he will wait that long.
IMHO he won’t just want to appoint Scalia’s replacement.
He will want to do it in an impudent way that shows his contempt for the constitution while thumbing his nose at the the republican congress and senate
He will say in effect “Up Yours! Do something about it.”
No-- re-read Article II. A recess appointment lasts until the end of the next Congressional session (so, for about a year).
It won’t take that long Republicans will cave long before the Senate goes into recess.
Oh, for crying out loud, does anybody think this is news to Mitch?
Don’t you think he’ll get a little encouragement to stay in session to avoid that possibility.
“What would Harry do?”
There's a way to have no effective recess.
The court runs from October till about the end of June so it would have to occur during that spring/summer recess but would only be good until the end of Obama's term...so nothing will be gained.
Obama got shot down by the courts on some of his appointments. He said they were in recess. The court said...like hell they were.
My smart phone is not too smart because it says we are in the middle of February. :)
Temporary...till the end of Obama’s term. The appointment would be worthless.
I don’t know. I don’t trust them. The damage they could do with 5 votes on SCOTUS for even a day could be immense.
I don’t know. I don’t trust them. The damage they could do with 5 votes on SCOTUS for even a day could be immense.
Fox is whetting themselves over this prospect. This IS truly the most important election since 1980.
I don’t mean to be difficult but they must mean 2017
You seem to know what the hell you are talking about, rare quality these days.
Whats your take on Cruzs eligibility?
The head dictator of the foreign regime that is now running America went on TV tonight supposedly to pay tribute to SC justice that just died today,
But he didn’t leave it at that. As usual, he has to let us know he’s in charge and HE will be the one who decides on the successor.
At every turn, ordinary Americans are slapped down, fleeced of their hard earned wages, exposed to human diseases shipped in here by the government, exposed to Islamists deliberately brought in here, OR KILLED.
The death of America is at hand.
January 4 2016 passed well over a month ago. Long before the the death of Scalia. What the hell is this rubbish?
They don’t mean what they’re saying. In Jan 2017 a NEW senate is seated. Obama is in power until Jan 20.
1. If it’s a democrat senate he can win via nuke option.
2. The old senate MUST end and a new senate must begin. That. entails an adjournment of the old senate.
January 2016 is over. And the Republican Senate can choose to stay in session, can it not?
Can’t the senate just make a rule not to adjourn?
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