Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies

[BoMac]

Any senators up for reelection this year shouldn't be allowed to vote for the SCOTUS nominee, because they could be lame duck candidates.

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[deep]

Death of Justice suspicious


yeah, they are never going to say, he took a performance enhancing drug and his companion called in a panic when he was unresponsive

it always goes like this, they found him alone in the morning, he died of natural causes, no autopsy report

[LuckyNumber7]

Originally Posted by deep

That sounds reasonable, like when they replaced Thurgood Marshall, the most liberal court member, George HW Bush would choose a moderate. Right?

Because they would not want to upset the balance on the court too much.

How humorous. You're so clever, deep.

I wasn't describing Obama doing something that was with intentions of "being fair." I was describing him doing something that's possible, given a Repube controlled congress that is more divided than ever which will intentionally look to block it just because Obama.

[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by deep

Death of Justice suspicious





yeah, they are never going to say, he took a performance enhancing drug and his companion called in a panic when he was unresponsive



it always goes like this, they found him alone in the morning, he died of natural causes, no autopsy report

The family is refusing an autopsy


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[Headache in a Suitcase]

One doesn't question Cinderella

[Irvine511]

the right wing websites are a joy to read today. the Scalia meltdown is something to behold.

[Bluer White]

Originally Posted by Irvine511

the right wing websites are a joy to read today. the Scalia meltdown is something to behold.

It's been interesting to revisit our senators and former senators' comments on Supreme nominations over the last decade or two.

[BVS]

Not one to give credence to conspiracy theories, I will just say this:

"Marfa, Texas" where Scalia died over the weekend is an anagram for "at a sex farm". Need I say more? The prosecution rests.


Borrowed this from a friend on Facebook,


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[corianderstem]

I hear Marfa's actually a cool town.

[BVS]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

I hear Marfa's actually a cool town.

It is, it's turned into quite the art community, in the middle of nowhere.


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[deep]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

I hear Marfa's actually a cool town.

Why am I not surprised

(at a sex farm)

[corianderstem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib9Jz9iydeQ

[Oregoropa]

'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood' were the two front-runners in the Oscar race were both filming in Marfa at the same time. Smoke from the 'Blood' set delayed filming for 'Old Men' a couple hours. 'No Country for Old Men' would go on to win best picture.

DDL would go to the Sex Farm in character.

[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by Moonlit_Angel

Sure, I think if the situation were reversed and a Republican president were up against a heavily Democratic Senate, the Democrats would do their part to disagree with the Republican president's pick.

You are correct. Chuck Schumer did the exact same thing in 2007 ( more than a year before Bush left office )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnpjs45D7OY

[BVS]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

You are correct. Chuck Schumer did the exact same thing in 2007 ( more than a year before Bush left office )

The EXACT same thing? Did you not listen to the video you posted?


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[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by BVS

The EXACT same thing? Did you not listen to the video you posted?

It is true there is only one Chuck Schumer so he's not going to be verbatim to what McConnell says now. You're just picking gnat shit out of pepper, to argue for a purist comparison of Senate blocking language. The one major difference is Schumer was making these statements with 18 months to go before January 2009 as opposed to 11 months till January 2017.

Bob Dole once quipped that "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera"

[Irvine511]

I certainly do hope the GOP throws a 10-month tantrum. All the better for turnout.

[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by Irvine511

I certainly do hope the GOP throws a 10-month tantrum. All the better for turnout.

The energy is on the GOP side and with the BernieBros. The tantrum could cut the other way.

[BVS]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

It is true there is only one Chuck Schumer so he's not going to be verbatim to what McConnell says now. You're just picking gnat shit out of pepper, to argue for a purist comparison of Senate blocking language. The one major difference is Schumer was making these statements with 18 months to go before January 2009 as opposed to 11 months till January 2017.



Bob Dole once quipped that "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a television camera"

No, the big difference that escaped you was that he said they would block unless they were shown it was a choice that matched with the mainstream. It wasn't just some blanket blocking "because Bush". He also went on to explain how recent appointments were lied about to get extremists in. The difference in his speech vs the current clown car is reasoning vs pure agenda. Can you really not see that?


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[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by BVS

No, the big difference that escaped you was that he said they would block unless they were shown it was a choice that matched with the mainstream. It wasn't just some blanket blocking "because Bush". He also went on to explain how recent appointments were lied about to get extremists in. The difference in his speech vs the current clown car is reasoning vs pure agenda. Can you really not see that?

What I see is we have a differing view on what constitutes mainstream vs extremist. Do you consider Chief Justice Roberts extremist ?