Discussion: Conservatives Call For Senate To Block Any SCOTUS Noms Before 2016 Election

system1 · February 13, 2016, 10:54pm

Discussion for article #245978

vonq · February 13, 2016, 11:20pm

So when does Congress go out of session again? Perfect time for executive appointments of all those waiting nominees and Congress won’t have any recourse, because no Supreme Court to appeal to.

misterneutron · February 13, 2016, 11:22pm

Predictable. Pieces of shit.

xyxox · February 13, 2016, 11:22pm

The longest vacancy in history was 125 days. The last Democratic President that nominated a SCOTUS Justice with a Republican controlled Senate was Grover Cleveland. To refuse to confirm would be political suicide for the Republican party in a major election year.

ralph_vonholst · February 13, 2016, 11:23pm

So…whenever a president starts a second term, he or she is now forbidden from making any further judicial nominations. That’s where this logic takes us.

mantan · February 13, 2016, 11:26pm

Ha! What a surprise. Judiciary Committee member and famous Canadian Ted Cruz will have plenty of opportunity to grandstand Mr. Obama’s appointment before the election…

cali_man · February 13, 2016, 11:26pm

They can’t

mantan · February 13, 2016, 11:27pm

Duh rules is da rules…

redrasputinmn · February 13, 2016, 11:28pm

[quote=“Xyxox, post:4, topic:32836”]
To refuse to confirm would be political suicide for the Republican party in a major election year.
[/quote]There are an awful lot of idiots.

mantan · February 13, 2016, 11:29pm

What about the Great White Trump?

jacksonhts · February 13, 2016, 11:29pm

Post-Legal Nature of President Obama? Then I looked up who the fuck Amanda Carpenter actually is, and it all became clear.

paddler13 · February 13, 2016, 11:29pm

And should any Democrat mention a word about his replacement these same conservatives, who couldn’t even wait for the body to be cold before politicizing this death, will scream liberals are politicizing this event. Massive hypocrisy ahead.

dlnyc · February 13, 2016, 11:30pm

A detailed analysis might be merited here, but all I can think of is: McConnell and his crew really are a rotten bunch. I’m sure they won’t disappoint.

mantan · February 13, 2016, 11:31pm

That was, uh, like two years ago and explains some of the goofy public statements.

maxaroo · February 13, 2016, 11:31pm

Either way, the Democrats win here.

Obama picks Scalia’s successor; or
The Senate stonewalls, thereby giving Obama the platform to urge voters to go out in November to help the Democrats finish the job.
McConnell is going to succeed in this as well as he did in guaranteeing that Obama was a one-term President.

labman57 · February 13, 2016, 11:32pm

This is absurd.
Should a Democrat be elected to the presidency while the GOP retains control of the Senate, what’s to prevent them from stalling approval of a replacement Justice for another 4 years beyond the current year?

stephen_maturin · February 13, 2016, 11:32pm

Napolitano’s name should come up in 3.2,1…

losamigos · February 13, 2016, 11:33pm

You should have told us what you found, but I am still not going to look her up. Too many of 'em to follow.

mantan · February 13, 2016, 11:34pm

Has the man made a habit of vacationing alone?

pine · February 13, 2016, 11:34pm

Who could imagine that happening ? LOL!!!

“Conservatives Immediately Seek To Keep Obama From Naming Scalia Successor”