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Todd Eastman
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Bellingham, WA
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Feb 13, 2016 - 02:26pm PT
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Now things will get interesting...
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dirtbag
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2016 - 02:30pm PT
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Yes. Very interesting. Shocking.
Apparently he was hunting yesterday and didn't show up for breakfast today. Mercifully it sounds quick. Do something you love one day and die the next.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 13, 2016 - 02:54pm PT
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Cold^^^^^^^^^
RIP .
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dirtbag
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2016 - 03:01pm PT
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Some conservatives-Cruz-- are already saying Obama should not be allowed to appoint a replacement, even though a new president will not take office for nearly a year, and it would take many months for the new president to nominate a replacement and for confirmation. In other words, it could be 18 months before there is a new Justice.
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/13/10987012/should-obama-replace-scalia
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:03pm PT
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Can they actually deny Obama the ability to appoint someone?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:07pm PT
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Constitution... Article 2, discussing powers of the President... from Section 2:
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Probably some changes in the details since then, but it does seem they can block his nominations indefinitely by not consenting to his choices.
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monolith
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state of being
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:12pm PT
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Obama can nominate, but unlikely a vote will be allowed this term.
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Lurkingtard
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:19pm PT
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Finally.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:20pm PT
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Absolutely the most obstructionist congress I have seen in my lifetime. Paid slackers living high on the hog, nearly one and all IMO.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:41pm PT
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Raises the stakes for this election even more.
With Ginsburg even older (82 years old) and looking to retire and Breyer also 82, either there will be a slight tilt to the center left (a Democrat Pres) or even more to the right (a Republican Pres).
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Feb 13, 2016 - 03:53pm PT
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Obama can nominate, but unlikely a vote will be allowed this term.
Agreed.
Our Presidents history, has been to do things that are as far to the ideological Left as can be. Neverminding whether possible or not. He'd rather be known, for a string of Ultra Left non approved appointees, than for getting in a Justice, that leans Left, but a sterling experienced Justice, that could pass the Senate. He'll watch the world burn for some months, while awaiting a career that will make the Clintons, post Presidential career, appear tame by comparison.
It's already interesting, for once, the news cycle isn't dominated by Trumps latest outrage.
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Jorroh
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:04pm PT
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Aren't there certain Obama nominee's that have been waiting for years?
I can certainly see a role for Congress in vetting appointees. It seems like this congress is doing something really unprecedented though.
Is it reasonable to hold up so many appointees for no apparent reason other than they don't accept the twice-elected president as legitimate?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:09pm PT
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Our Presidents history, has been to do things that are as far to the ideological Left as can be.
This is the delusion of perspective suffered by most of the right today. The gop has moved so far to the fringe right that Eisenhower, Goldwater, Nixon and even Reagan would be castigated as liberals today. It's a political doppler shift - you've moved so far to the right that centrist politicians of either party look like extreme leftists. The reality is Obama stayed the course with half of W's nightmare and what little else he has accomplished could hardly be called progressive let alone far left.
Scalia? Good riddance. He was one of the worst jurists ever with the exception of Thomas who is without a doubt one among the ranks of the worst of the worst to ever sit on that lofty bench.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:12pm PT
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Total agreement with that.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:12pm PT
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puullleezz. The records of Kagan and Sotomeyer, speak for themselves.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:15pm PT
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Both are legal giants compared to Thomas.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Feb 13, 2016 - 04:18pm PT
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or at least kagan and sotomayor can speak. Has Thomas had his lips welded shut?
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