[Zakeet]

Sen. Mike Lee: "What is less than zero? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia."

[odawg]

“Sen. Mike Lee: “What is less than zero? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia.”

The Republican Congress has shown an amazing ability and willingness to enact Obama’s agenda.

It makes me worry.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

John Rivers Too asks a reasonable question:

.. why is a 79 year old morbidly obese man left alone for hours on end? at least wear a fitbit ..

[eartick]

We better be sure we put a man in the Peoples House that will appoint conservatives to the USSC.

I have my doubt that that person is Donald J Trump.

Vote Conservative, Vote Ted Cruz

[albie]

most any conservation “

...proof reader needs a proof reader.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I am so happy to see most think Trump will appoint the next SCJ.

[ldish]

So the canadian can pick another Roberts...Trump already ahead with that and has given names as possibilities. Has the trasher with his dirty PAC lt done the same. The great lawyer who has left the waters muddy on his own eligibility...pleaseeee!

[Albion Wilde]

"...constitutional law ain't exactly Donald Trump's thing."

Our system was designed for freedoms, not for elitism. Trump's "thing" is common sense, problem-solving and effectiveness, which is another way to say "natural law" -- the basis for our system. The professionalization of constitutional law has a downside, and that downside is elitism, and finding ever-smaller hairs to split within the broad strokes of the Constitution. Decisions that should apply broadly to benefit the preservation of the most freedom for most of the people are now minutely tailored to the preferences of radical individualists and then enforced with malice.

Everyone has heard some story about a company that hires expensive consultants to make recommendations costing millions, while refusing to listen to the wage-earning mechanics who work with the problem at the company every day, and who could likely devise the most cost-effective solution, given the empowerment to do so. Likewise with the Court: we need to stop thinking that only those specifically trained in ConLaw at specific elite law schools are the only ones who can solve a legal problem effectively. IIRC, there is no legal barrier to selecting an historian, for example, or someone who attended a law school other than within the Ivy League.