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If Republicans block Obama’s Supreme Court nomination, he wins anyway
Washington Post ^
| 02/14/2016
| Linda Hirshman
Posted on 02/14/2016 12:45:02 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
More administration propaganda, don’t give us what we want and we win anyway.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:46:54 PM PST
by
Trueblackman
(As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
What is unclear is how soon Loveable Lindsey, Susan Collins, et al get KY’s McC to switch his stand and bring up the nomination of Obama’s choice.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:48:06 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
(Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
To: SeekAndFind
...to swing the balance of the Supreme Court from conservative to liberal. Silly me. I thought the men in black used the U.S. Constitution to make their decisions. I know Scalia did. The Supreme Court is a fraud.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:49:04 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(02-13-2016. America's Blackest Day.)
To: SeekAndFind
But a 4-4 on the immigration lawsuit will mean the lower court ruling stands. Obama loses that one. For now.
Or am I misreading things?
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:49:09 PM PST
by
digger48
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
dems are gonna throw the abortion/gay marriage and any other issue they think might add a vote or two at the independents.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:49:47 PM PST
by
dp0622
To: Trueblackman
Yup. The hustle starts early.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:50:13 PM PST
by
Regulator
To: digger48
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:50:22 PM PST
by
jessduntno
(The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
To: SeekAndFind
That’s why we want him to sit on his hands. He nominates, especially someone who normally could be approved, and our side is toast. God’s timing dealt us a bad hand.
To: Theodore R.
"Have we got a Gang for you..."
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:50:43 PM PST
by
digger48
To: SeekAndFind
I don’t get this. So to avoid 4-4 tie votes, the GOP should allow obama to appoint a liberal justice, which then results in 5-4 decisions for the liberal sides of these cases?? Why is this better for the GOP?? I dont get this reasoning.
To: SeekAndFind
Well, the author is right. Simply put, Scalia’s death sucks.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:52:25 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
To: SeekAndFind
If Obama nominates an extremist, the Republicans can block the nomination with no harm. That assumes the Republicans find a better strategist and spokesperson than McConnell.
If Obama sees the trap he can set and nominates an alleged moderate Republican, or a Jane Harmon/Evan Bayh type moderate then it will be much harder for the Republicans to oppose that nominee.
My advice: Speak softly. Carry a big stick. But keep the stick concealed if possible. Dont go around loud-mouthing.
To: Trueblackman
Chief Justice John Roberts, who in matters entirely internal to the court like this wields some extra power, is known for his concern for institutional prestige.Thats a winner.
To: Dilbert San Diego
Washington Post reasoning is commie reasoning.
To: digger48
Maybe. Alito and Thomas are the only assured decisions. The others could vacilate.
To: SeekAndFind
Our Republic is in severe jeopardy today because of Justice Scalia's death yesterday.
I believe Obama will appoint Scalia's successor, and that McConnell and the Senate will confirm anyone Obama wants, including the odious Eric Holder.
Imagine a 5-4 Supreme Court decision interpreting the 2nd Amendment to ban the mere possession of handguns. It could happen. MILLIONS of us would not comply, of course. Any attempt to force us would lead to mass death.
But this one event, Scalia's death, could be the inflection point of the downfall of the American Republic, and quite possibly the traceable initiation of the 2nd American Civil War.
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:56:57 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
To: spintreebob
How do we get rid of lifetime appointments ?
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:57:01 PM PST
by
onona
(Where are you tonight, my sweet Marie)
To: SeekAndFind
There is no constitutional provision, no case law and no official policy about what the court should do with cases that have been argued and voted on when a justice dies.
So this "writer" then opines that any cases already voted on by the nine should be discarded if Scalia's vote is one of five in favor or against.
Basically, she's saying that since the jurist died after voting but before opinions have been finalized, his vote should not count. Just another liberal columnist looking for a way to rig the game. Would she be saying that if Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg had been the one who died?
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posted on
02/14/2016 12:57:10 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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