Justice Scalia dead

[the1and0nly]

[quote author=forgop link=topic=37070.msg156858#msg156858 date=1455417842]
You think it'll be any better with a RINO? 
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I think a RINO will at least appoint a scotus justice who will keep the constitution in mind... without that the 2nd amendment is as good as gone.

With that said, the only GOP candidate I supported prior to this news was Rand.

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[tstoner86]

[quote author=forgop link=topic=37070.msg156854#msg156854 date=1455414992]
Because a Hillary appointee will be so much better than an Obama appointee 
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Not gonna happen Duane....it CANNOT happen!

[forgop]

[quote author=tstoner86 link=topic=37070.msg156871#msg156871 date=1455480671]
Not gonna happen Duane....it CANNOT happen!
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My faith in the American voting public is worse than the assholes we re-elect. What does that tell you? 

People have become lazy and complacent and will ride the candidate promising the greatest number of voters more free stuff. The days of ever electing a conservative in the WH are over. Reagan was the end of it.

[anacostiakat]

[quote author=forgop link=topic=37070.msg156872#msg156872 date=1455482505]
My faith in the American voting public is worse than the assholes we re-elect. What does that tell you? 

People have become lazy and complacent and will ride the candidate promising the greatest number of voters more free stuff. The days of ever electing a conservative in the WH are over. Reagan was the end of it.
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^^  This!  ^^

[GregoryD]

Obama already has his guy. Sri Srinivasan is a shoe-in.  It's going to be impossible for them to have an adequate excuse for why he was unanimously accepted by the Senate to be on the appeals court but not fit for the Supreme Court, especially given his vast experience arguing cases in front of the court.  He's got everything you look for in a SC justice, ideology notwithstanding. 

McConnell has no leg to stand on, by the way.  He's the same guy who voted on Kennedy's nomination back in 1998 without a peep of dissent over replacing a justice in an election year.  Want to be a "strict originalist?"  Where in the law does it say the president shall nominate a justice, except when it's not politically expedient for his opponents?

[TheGipper]

[quote author=GregoryD link=topic=37070.msg156908#msg156908 date=1455561471]
McConnell has no leg to stand on, by the way.[/quote]

He can use both of Robert Bork's legs if need be.

[GregoryD]

[quote author=TheGipper link=topic=37070.msg156911#msg156911 date=1455562184]
He can use both of Robert Bork's legs if need be.
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Apples and oranges.  Bork knowingly broke the law for political purposes.

[JeremyU]

Obama can nominate all he wants...I can't imagine him getting 16 Repub's to vote with the Dem's to end the debate...Thankfully.

[MCDavis]

[quote author=JeremyU link=topic=37070.msg156916#msg156916 date=1455570130]
Obama can nominate all he wants...I can't imagine him getting 16 Repub's to vote with the Dem's to end the debate...Thankfully.
[/quote]My feelings exactly.

[forgop]

[quote author=JeremyU link=topic=37070.msg156916#msg156916 date=1455570130]
Obama can nominate all he wants...I can't imagine him getting 16 Repub's to vote with the Dem's to end the debate...Thankfully.
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I wouldn't bet against them selling out the party. They've done it his entire presidency even when they controlled congress.