Posted on 02/16/2016 4:14:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama respond this afternoon to promises by Senate Republicans to not allow a vote o his nominee to replace recently-deceased pro-life Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama doesn't care about the fact that he filibustered Justice Samuel Alito's nomination in an attempt to prevent the Senate from voting to confirm him, he demanded that Republicans allow a vote on his nominee.
After Scalia's death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not take up a vote on a replacement for deceased pro-life Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia until after the presidential election.
Such a promise prevents pro-abortion President Barack Obama from selecting a third pro-abortion Supreme Court justice to follow Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan, both of whom are thoroughly committed to unlimited abortions and upholding Roe v. Wade.
The Washington Examiner reported the comments Obama made in a press conference:
"The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now," Obama told reporters in California. "When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the President of the United States is to nominate someone; the Senate is to consider that someone and either they disapprove of that someone, or that someone is elevate to the Supreme Court," Obama said from Rancho Mirage, Calif., where he was spent two days meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian nations.
"This is the Supreme Court--the highest court in our land," he said. "It is the one court where we would expect elected officials to rise above day-to-day politics, and this would be the opportunity for senators to do their job."
Obama said it's unfair to compare his attempt to deny a vote on Justice Alito, who pro-life groups applauded for upholding the ban on partial-birth abortions, with what Senate Republicans are pledging to do.
"I think what's fair to say is that how judicial nominations have evolved over time is not historically the fault of any single party," he told reporters in California. "This has become just one more extension of politics."
"And, there are times where folks are in the Senate, and they're thinking… is this going to cause me problems in a primary, is this going to cause me problems with supporters of mine, and so people take strategic decisions," he said.
"But, what is also true is, Justice Alito is on the bench right now. I think that, historically, if you look at it, regardless of what votes particular senators have taken, there's been a basic consensus, a basic understanding, that the Supreme Court's different."
Democrats will undoubtedly push for the nomination and a confirmation vote for a new left-wing judge.
"The President can and should send the Senate a nominee right away," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on Twitter. "The Senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible."
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee took a similar line.
"I hope that no one will use this sad news to suggest that the President or the Senate should not perform its constitutional duty," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Saturday. "The American people deserve to have a full functioning Supreme Court.The Supreme Court of the United States is too important to our democracy for it to be understaffed for partisan reasons. It is only February. The President and the Senate should get to work without delay to nominate, consider and confirm the next justice to serve on the Supreme Court."
Leading pro-life advocates agree the Senate should not vote on Scalia's replacement until after a new president has been selected.
Americans United for Life PresidentCharmaine Yoest told LifeNews, "His loss is tragic, and we hope that when it comes time for the Senate to vote on his replacement, that a worthy successor who can pick up his banner can be found after the election."
Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel: "With the passing of Justice Scalia, the future of the High Court and the future of America is hanging in the balance. The Senate must not confirm any nominee to the Supreme Court from President Obama. The Senate must hold off any confirmation until the next President is seated. Unfortunately the presidential debates have been more theater and less substance about the real issues surrounding the Supreme Court. The election of the next President has now taken on even greater importance. The future of the Supreme Court and America now depends on the Senate blocking any nominee by President Obama and the people electing the right person to occupy the White House."
One of the names being bandied about today by experts on the high court is pro-abortion Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Congress has the right to refuse to vote until they want to vote to approve a nomination.
Obozo is Wrong. As usual.
GOP had better stand up against this sorry sack of crap .......
Da Kenyan! Ruling over the unwashed honky, American masses with a pen, a phone and a race card in one hand and an iron glove in the other.
“I been drinking on my last post.”
Wise decision, my FRiend. I will soon be joining you in a comforting libation as we strap ourselves in for the wildest election year ride since 1980.
A little something to raise our spirits & lower our blood pressure is in order at this time.
L’Chaiyim!
Bada bing...democrats take the senate. Just a thought.
He’s losing it.
Filibusters for me but not for thee.
Wrong, Barry. The Republican Senate doesn’t have to vote on anything you send to them for a SCOTUS nominee. There are 3 branches of government and they are co-equals. You don’t give orders to the Senate, Barry. I’d thought a ‘constitutional scholar’ like you would know that.
Point is he really could not have been much of a scholar teaching 3 courses per year—spending rest of his time organizing and campaigning. Sheesh, Grad. Student Assistants teach more classes than that!
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/obama-a-constitutional-law-professor/
Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitutional law at the University of Chicago, has regularly referred to himself as “a constitutional law professor,” most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said, “I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.” A spokesman for the Republican National Committee immediately took exception to Obama’s remarks, pointing out that Obama’s title at the University of Chicago was “senior lecturer” and not “professor.”
Recently, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has picked up on this charge. In a March 27 conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer claimed:
Singer (March 27): Sen. Obama has often referred to himself as “a constitutional law professor†out on the campaign trail. He never held any such title. And I think anyone, if you ask anyone in academia the distinction between a professor who has tenure and an instructor that does not, you’ll find that there is … you’ll get quite an emotional response.
The campaign also sent out an e-mail quoting an Aug. 8, 2004, column in the Chicago Sun-Times that criticized Obama for calling himself a professor when, in fact, the University of Chicago faculty page listed him as “a senior lecturer (now on leave).” The Sun-Times said, “In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter.” The Clinton campaign added that the difference between senior lecturers and professors is that “professors have tenure while lecturers do not.”
We agree that details matter, and also that the formal title of “professor” is not lightly given by academic institutions. However, on this matter the University of Chicago Law School itself is not standing on formality, and is siding with Obama.
Due to numerous press inquiries on the matter, the school released a carefully worded statement saying that for his 12 years there he was considered to be “a professor.”
UC Law School statement: The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as “Senior Lecturer.” From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.
Contrary to what the Clinton campaign claimed, not all professors have tenure. For instance, academics with the title of “assistant professor” typically work for between five and seven years before being reviewed for tenure.
Furthermore, Obama was not merely an “instructor” as Phil Singer stated. As a “senior lecturer,” Obama was in good company:.....
Best political season evah! Pubs are ten times more interesting den Dems.
For consideration——http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-16/guest-post-abolish-supreme-court
Must be great to be able to say whatever goofy crap comes out of yo mout’ and know that the media won’t call you up on it.
If Zero wants to appoint another SC Judge and have them confirmed, he needs to nominate someone that is acceptable to the Senate. This is not rocket science.
“Pubs are ten times more interesting den Dems.”
Do you mean those places where you order a pint of stout from a pretty bar maid, or that bunch of incompetents in Congress who roll over whenever Bammie says BOO! - ?
;^)
His anger and the timing of Scalia’s death tells me this is about making a play to abolish the 2nd amendment to cause irreparable damage to the U.S. I’m guessing the reason ISIS set bases up in Mexico awhile back was to wait for the signal from D.C. to cross the border en masse after Obama stripped our 2nd Amendment rights. It’s just taking a lot longer than they thought it would because America or at least half of it woke up.
They will because zer0 owns them.
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