Posted on 02/15/2016 11:07:39 AM PST by usafa92
Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States under President George W. Bush, said on Monday that President Barack Obama had an "obligation" to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Republican presidential candidates and other party leaders argued that President Obama should not attempt to fill the vacancy in his last 11 months, and that the next president should make the appointment instead.
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Who the heck ASKED Speedy Gonzalez for his opinion? NO ONE, I’ll wager. Just can’t live without his 15 seconds of fame, I guess.
And congress has the obligation to block him.
“I suspect President Obama is going to do his job,” he continued. “And after he does his job and nominating a hopefully qualified individual, the Senate will do its job eventually on its own calendar.”
On its OWN calendar....that means next year.
Just Like Cruz another Bush appointee
Well, I suppose he has an obligation to try. The Republican congress has an obligation to prevent that from happening, and if Mitch McConnell forgets that, it will be the end of the Republican Party.
The pubbies will trade a USSC seat for a tax decrease on upper income people.
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