Posted on 02/15/2016 10:55:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Probably not. So he needs to decide how he wants to pressure Republicans. He has several options.
President Obama has promised to uphold his "constitutional responsibility" to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative stalwart who died over the weekend. Now, he just needs to decide whether to try to soften Republican senators with the pick or make it a full-throated, election-year political statement.
Numerous Senate Republicans have already said they will not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before this fall's presidential elections. Given that the new appointment could tilt the court's balance of power from conservative to liberal for the first time in decades, there is little reason to think Republicans are bluffing.
"I don't see the Republicans just giving in and giving President Obama the opportunity to do that," says Mark Hurwitz, a political scientist at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Really? The stench of hypocrisy wafting off your post is pretty potent. Day in and day out you post nothing but infantile snarks and then posture as if you were some sort of serious thoughtful commentator? Freeper please.
The stench of hypocrisy wafting off your post is pretty potent. Day in and day out you post nothing but infantile snarks and then posture as if you were some sort of serious thoughtful commentator?And you are? LoL!
That stench is your diaper. Because the fact is most of the time I post my own comment and then I am forced to deal with the same old Trolls who are too immature to handle it.
The poster you are defending here posted an insulting graphic to me just the other day because I simply posted a quote. A simple quote as a bookmark. Now you were saying...? Yea, nothing much. Take a bath Johnnie.
Whether they will choose to do so is the real question.
They did allow Obama to appoint Kagan and Sotomayor. They also allowed him to appoint Lynch.
So there is plenty of precedent, unfortunately, for them to do the wrong thing.
Obama has no cards. It’s all up to McConnell and he should not even bring a vote to the floor.
Obama, the libs, and the media will go batty trying to pressure the GOPe to hold hearings, the only question is....
Will McConnell and the GOPe fold again and reinforce why Trump is doing so well?
Sure given the GOP Congress has a long history of preemptive surrender to King 0’s dictatesOh snark. Hypocrisy.
Children such as yourself don't usually recognize when adults such as myself are gently teasing them over their wild imaginings...
“Freeper please.”
Classic. And hilarious!
Unlike you I didn’t imagine much. But I know that is the best you can comeback with, so you get * for participation.
Can't get more funny than that.
Was CodePinkWarrior taken?
Trump should head North.
Might slow his meltdown.
Don’t act like an infant and I will not treat you like one.
Snark hypocrite.
Republicans control this as well, Doug. As I understand it, according to a USSC ruling the Senate must declare themselves "in recess" for a formal recess to occur.
Perhaps he'd Better Call Ted on Trump...
“I’m pretty sure Powell doesn’t have a legal background, nor even a law degree. No serious person could ever nominate, much less confirm someone like him as a Justice.”
Earl Warren was a governor with no legal background. He turned out to be one of the most consequential Supreme Court Justices of the 20th century.
Powell would be confirmed quickly and would be a disaster on the Court like Warren was. But, from Obama’s perspective, he would be exactly the disaster Obama wants.
Earl Warren did receive a law degree, and was barred in the state of California. Powell has no such credentials, but I agree that he’d be the disaster that Obama would want to leave as his legacy.
“ConservativeWarrior supports Trump.”
You’re damn right I do!!
How’s it feel to be on the losing end of the argument?
haha
Your butt licking spittle is not an argument.
“Your butt licking spittle is not an argument.”
Way to keep it classy, you mental midget.
Oh, and your boy Cruz is going down hard.
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