[Trueblackman]

More administration propaganda, don’t give us what we want and we win anyway.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Propoganda.

[Theodore R.]

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.

[FlingWingFlyer]

...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.

[digger48]

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?

[joesbucks]

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.

[Dilbert San Diego]

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.

[Lazamataz]

Well, the author is right. Simply put, Scalia’s death sucks.

[spintreebob]

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.

[backwoods-engineer]

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.

[LostInBayport]

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?

[goldstategop]

I wouldn’t bet against the GOP establishment holding out against any one Obama might nominate.

They don’t want to be accused of being racist, obstructionist and playing politics.

If they move to confirm an Obama Supreme Court nominee, the fix is in.

[Mark]

I always depend on some stupid blog like Washington Post.

[stocksthatgoup]

Sure he does! /s

[DoughtyOne]

[Kenny]

Boy the media want Obama to have this more than the Dems. Scary stuff.

[Washi]

Fate has handed him the opportunity of any presidency -- to swing the balance of the Supreme Court from conservative to liberal.

Okay. We'll call it fate.

[armydawg505]

Kennedy and Roberts could only be called conservative next to Obama.

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article SeekAndFind. As usual, please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

As I have ranted in related threads, lawless Obama and state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices are not the main problems with the corrupt Washington cartel.

The main problem with the DC cartel is corrupt lawmakers who keep their voting records clean by allowing federal officials outside the legislative branch to steal and abuse legislative powers, including stealing 10th Amendment-protected state legislative powers. By keeping their voting records clean, state sovereignty-ignoring lawmakers are able to fool low-information patriots into reelecting them.

For example, we would probably not be concerned about Obama nominating / appointing another state sovereignty-ignoring activist justice who will predictably steal legislative powers to unconstitutionally expand the federal governments powers if Congress had done its job to impeach and remove Obama from office for likewise stealing federal and state legislative powers to make unconstitutional executive orders.

The bottom line is that the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification Senate is the most unconstitutionally powerful entity in the corrupt federal government imo, regardless that the corrupt media, including Obama guard dog Fx Noise, wants everybody to think that the Oval Office is the most constitutionally powerful office in the land.

Remember in November !

When patriots elect Trump, Cruz, or whatever conservative they elect, they need to also elect a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will not only work within its Section 8-limited powers to support the new president, but also protect the states from unconstitutional federal government overreach.

Also, consider that such a Congress would probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices.

[Travis McGee]