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Will: The GOP’s blocking of court pick is indefensible
sltrib.com ^ | 3/20/16 | George Will

Posted on 03/20/2016 7:52:12 AM PDT by cotton1706

WASHINGTON • The Republican Party's incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle. The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal to even consider Merrick Garland radiates insincerity.

Republicans instantly responded to Antonin Scalia's death by proclaiming that no nominee, however admirable in temperament, intellect and experience, would be accorded a hearing. They say their obduracy is right because:

Because they have a right to be obdurate, there being no explicit constitutional proscription against this.

Or because President Obama's demonstrated contempt for the Constitution's explicit text and for implicit constitutional manners justifies Republicans reciprocating with contempt for his Supreme Court choice, regardless of its merits.

Or because, 24 years ago, then-Sen. Joe Biden — he is not often cited by Republicans seeking validation — suggested that a president's right to nominate judges somehow expires, or becomes attenuated, in a "political season," sometime after the midterm elections during a second presidential term.

Or because if a Republican president tried to fill a court vacancy during his eighth year, Democrats would behave the way Republicans are behaving.

(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; whiner; whiningwill
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To: cotton1706

Hey George, isn’t it hard to see and hear with your head that far up your ass?


41 posted on 03/20/2016 8:37:35 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: cotton1706

Time for the pasture George.


42 posted on 03/20/2016 8:38:54 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: cotton1706

I’ll bet his bowtie is a clip-on too.


43 posted on 03/20/2016 8:40:57 AM PDT by Vinnie
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STFU George


44 posted on 03/20/2016 8:45:20 AM PDT by ak267
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To: cotton1706

George won’t figure out that it’s a fight until he’s tied to a post with a blindfold and a cigarette.


45 posted on 03/20/2016 8:45:44 AM PDT by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: cotton1706

Let’s give Trump credit for one thing: he has outed all the phony conservatives. Will, Barnes, Kristol, Krauthammer, etc. - liars one and all. There’s will be the Eighth Circle of Hell reserved for fraudsters.


46 posted on 03/20/2016 8:46:31 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: cotton1706

The Supreme Court is whatever Congress says it is. Senators aren’t obligated by the Constitution to vote any particular way, or at all. Why some people want to make this any more complicated than it needs to be is beyond me.


47 posted on 03/20/2016 8:46:50 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: cotton1706

OK, lets consider him.

Is there any chance at all that Garland is a constitutionalist?

If he was, Obama would not have nominated him.

If he isn’t, then he has no business being on the Supreme Court. A Supreme Court justice who isn’t a constitutionalist is a fraud. Yes, I realize, we already have several.

So, how long will it take to give Merrick due consideration and then dismiss him as unqualified? Do we really need to go through this empty motion? Has Obama ever nominated a constitutionalist to the court, or to any other position in government?


48 posted on 03/20/2016 8:48:00 AM PDT by marron
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To: cotton1706

George Will articles should come with a barf alert. He is a 5th columnist cancer to true conservatism.


49 posted on 03/20/2016 8:50:11 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: cotton1706

when the heck are the GOP going to come out and state that because Merrick is against the second amendment that that position disqualifies him from office since the second amendment is is such an integral part of our nation’s constitutional rights? The GOP should be hammering home the fact that this judge is hostile to our constitution, and therefor has no right to be a supreme court judge


50 posted on 03/20/2016 8:57:23 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: cotton1706

51 posted on 03/20/2016 8:58:49 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bob434
The GOP should be hammering home the fact that this judge is hostile to our constitution, and therefor has no right to be a supreme court judge

The intent is to make him a non-person under non-consideration. Your idea is counterproductive.

52 posted on 03/20/2016 8:59:51 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: cotton1706

Is there an award for the worst useless pundit?


53 posted on 03/20/2016 9:00:59 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: cotton1706

Will exhibits the classic aristocratic and patrician view towards the inferior classes.

He is nothing more than a self-important, patronizing snob, and the perfect epitome of loathsome DC arrogance.


54 posted on 03/20/2016 9:01:00 AM PDT by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: cotton1706

Good Lord. You know what, Will? Just freakin’ die.


55 posted on 03/20/2016 9:03:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: cotton1706

Scary to think about - the George Will of 20 years ago WOULD NEVER have written something like this...it’s got to be age-related.


56 posted on 03/20/2016 9:06:17 AM PDT by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: cotton1706

Denounce this nominee for his ability to interpret the constitution, rather than following it

George will burn in hell


57 posted on 03/20/2016 9:20:27 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: teeman8r
Fox puts him on as a Conservative

To them he is one

58 posted on 03/20/2016 9:36:04 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: cotton1706

I have been a Republican most of my life (I’m 86), but if
the Republicans back down on this, I shall register as an
Independent!


59 posted on 03/20/2016 9:41:12 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: cotton1706

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60 posted on 03/20/2016 9:46:56 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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