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February 15, 2016 12:35 PM UTC
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I think Obama should name an openly gay candidate. That always brings tfhe worst possible behaviour from Republicans, who will then further alienate under 40 voters and hand Democtrats the Senate.
Like the name mentioned in today's Denver Post?
That's one name. Another is Justice Marguez from the Colorado Supreme Court.
Female, gay and Latina — and worst of all — qualified! Yep, the GOP would have a meltdown
I'm posting this only because we all know that the Senate is in official recess, not the kind where someone keeps the lights on so POTUS can't do anything fishy while they're out of town. Someone was asleep at the switch? Surely someone has summoned the leadership back to DC to prevent a possible recess appointment? In my opinion Obama wouldn't do this (even though 12 justices have made it to the bench this way) but it does make for good cocktail conversation.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you that McConnell is refusing to allow a SCOTUS appointment this year!
McConnell should be asked to explain exactly what the difference is between these two situations. Oh I know, the reasons are black and white
G.O.P. Warns Obama Against Doing Anything for Next Three Hundred and Forty Days
OK . As long as we all know that's Andy Borowitz. Satire.
It's tough when reality and satire mate…
Satire breathed its last at least a decade before Scalia, sometime during the Bush Redux administration …
Wasn't it you who once said irony is dead because people are too effing stupid to get it?
Ironically, I wish I would've . . .
I don't get it.
Obama ought to take Nike's cultural advice: Just do it.
You know if the shoe was on the other foot, Ginsberg had passed suddenly while the Senate was in recess, and they had the chance to pack the court with another Scalia – they'd do it in a heartbeat. I'd be surprised if POTUS would do that – but may be he'll surprise us.
We have McConnell and others on record that they will spit on the Constitution and refuse to even vote on a nominee for at least 11 months, Yeah, I'd make a recess appointment — maybe Cory Booker. And have fun doing it.
The problem is a recess appointment is not permanent, and would cede the higher moral ground to the Republicans. Short term gain, bad long-term politics.
Enlighten me. Doesnt the recess sppointment last until a permanent replacement is named?
A recess appointment lasts until the next session of the Senate ends, unless that appointee is approved before that date.
Article 2, Section 2, Clause 3: The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
So, late 2017, I believe.
Blieve that would be january 2017 when this sesion must end, not late next year
To answer my own question it appears that a recess appointment would expire in january, when hillary or bernie (let us pray) coulld make their own appointment. There is some doubt about whether this 10 day recess is long enough . A ptevious case suggests it has to be ten days but is unclear whether Sundays count and wther you can act After te n days or during. Of course only SCOTUS could answer that and it could deadllock 4_4.
How does Gardner's position comport with the ideas of his meth smoking, paranoid and ignorant supporters/radio hosts, talked about all the time down here, that Obama is going to cancel the election and become dictator for life?
You couldn't manage to fit a Bennet dig into this comment? You're slipping.
Question to the next clown-car debate field: "Would you wait?" "Why?" "Show your work …"
The damage Republicans have done to themselves with their knee jerk 'No to the nigger' over this issue could have long term consequences for creeps like Gardner. All they had to do was wait until Obama announced his nominee then they could have gone into full 'No' mode without any consequences. This just rips away the facade of adoring the Constitution in their speeches while shitting on it with their actions. This is the time to put Gardner under the microscope and make him disavow the Constitution with all his hilarious rationalizations. Give them as much rope as they want.
Exactly. None of their excuses as to why Obama shouldn't even consider making an appointment in the last year of his presidency holds water. Especially the excuse that the people should be allowed to weigh in.
News flash, Republicans. The people already have. They weighed in when they voted for Obama by a margin of 5 million votes to serve a second term running from late January 2013 to late January 2017, knowing that one of the duties and privileges of the Presidency is the appointment of Justices to the Supreme Court.
As long as he's President he most certainly should and has the absolute right to fulfill all of the duties of that office. If the Rs choose to obstruct so be it but they have no grounds, constitutional or ethical, for demanding he refrain from making the appointment.
I think you're wrong about how this will damage the GOP. They've been campaigning for the last 7 years on not giving the nigger anything. In that time they've been rewarded with majorities in the senate, house, and state governments. They will proudly run and run hard on preventing the islamohomocommiefacist…..(nigger) program from DESTROYING 'MERICA.
This is no time to laugh at their foolishness. No one ever got elected by underestimating the intelligence of the American voter.
About the best we can hope for this cycle is either Hillary or Bernie getting elected. The makeup of the legislative branch will probably remain unchanged. Obstruction will be the order of the day. The only thing that will change is that we'll be treated to kike or cunt "jokes".
On the bright side they have also been unable during that time to prevent the election to the WH of a Dem, even one many of their grassroots supporters characterize in the way you cite, sadly including my black sheep uncle, the conservative Fox fan in a vast extended family of pro-labor Dems. When the next Dem is elected, please God, they won’t be able to obstruct that President’s choice indefinitely whether or not they manage it for the rest of Obama’s term.
As long as there is no electoral fallout, it's to the Republican's advantage to delay any additional appointments. Much has been made about the 4-4 split slightly benefiting more progressive and environmental causes in the near term. However, given the age distribution of the judges (Kennedy – 79, Ginsburg – 82 and Breyer – 77) it's at least plausible (2 in 3, Kennedy is only "liberal" on gay rights issues) that the next vacancy will give the court a 4 – 3 conservative block.
R's will take that for as long as it lasts and "clear up" all the 4 – 4 decisions while they're at it.
The other two likely vacancies put the court at a 3 – 2 conservative majority. Do you think that the R's, given senate majorities, couldn't string out the appointment process for another 8 years?
I've heard the N word more in the last three months in Dumphuckistan than I think I've heard my entire life. My county feasts on the largess of big government – but damn that N…. he's destroying our way of life.
Cognitive dissonance is off the charts in the 80758/80759
In "A Book of Five Rings" the legendary Sumurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) spoke of becoming the enemy. In large-scale strategy, people tend to believe that the enemy is always strong and therefore become cautious. He used the example of a robber inside a house as being in a fortified position but from the robbers perspective, he is trapped with no escape. He reiterated that if you have good troops, a solid understanding of strategy and you know the enemies weaknesses than you should proceed confident that you can prevail.
Just because Republicans have been successful in the past with overblown fears and extremism, it doesn't mean that their strategy will be successful in the future with a different landscape.
One can hope. After all, the Know Nothing Party eventually died out.
Maybe the nomination of a reality show star or a Christian Reconstructionist will start that process. (there's always a) However, given the amount of money the Koch suckers have given the religious right nutjobs, I'm not optimistic (but I guess you can tell that from my previous posts).
Frankly, i can't think of a better group to have hurt the GOP, than the GOP themselves. and Boy oh boy are they good at it. Thanks Cory, Thanks Mitch. you and your party will successfully help get out the DEMOCRATIC vote with how poorly you sycophants tend to act. BRAVA!!!
As I said to my wife on Saturday (before the "nobody, no how" howls arose from the Senators) "Just watch. As usual, the Republicans will go just that much too far and screw themselves again over Scalia's death." I never miss with these idiots.