Slam it in there, boys. Keep going. Don’t let 'em breathe.
I can see the GOP’s witness list now. Hans von Spakovsky, Chris Kobach, a representative from ALEC…
This is the prime example of why we need to have a Democratic president and Senate. There are likely to be three Supreme Court vacancies in the next four years, maybe up to five in the next eight, and the Republicans would put another Alito type in those spots. After this election, there will be lots of voting rights lawsuits…imagine what that SC will do with those suits. Same with LGBT issues, abortion rights, equality legislation, environmental legislation. We need the Democratic nominee to block that disaster, otherwise we will have a generation that has to deal with this kind of crap.
I’d say this was also a prime example of the things that Dems are trying to do to get the country back on track which the so-called progressives never acknowledge. It’s not likely to actually change anything but they are trying.
What I simply cannot understand is how people like Sotomeyer and others felt so chummy with Scalia et al. Scalia was a complete ass-hole who warped his theoretical constitutional “crap” based on his own BS.
He was NOT brilliant. He was NOT a constitutional scholar. He was an ideologue and that is why he got appointed. I am so glad that fucker is dead!
I’m not glad he’s dead. But I’m overjoyed he’s not on the Supreme Court any more.
Chuck Grassley will reply with, “It would be a gamble to let the people vote.”
Oh, I was confused. He did say it is a gable to wait for the people to vote before holding hearings on the SCOTUS nominee.
That Chuckles, he is sure knows when to hold um but he doesn’t have any idea whe to fold um.
It’s more than ironic. It’s immoral, anti-christian, and anti-american.
I appreciate your sentiment, Leahy. Please proceed, post haste.
This is a very positive step and I hope the idea spreads. Congressional Democrats usually spend election year underneath their desks sucking their thumbs. All Dems should go on and stay on offense even after the election. This is a critical time for this nation.
Scalia spoke at my law school graduation, and my husband and son got a chance to chat with him. In person he was avuncular, sociable, and friendly.
They all have to work with the same small group of people for years – often decades. Managing to keep good relations with the individuals, while leaving the battles for the legal opinions, seems like a necessity.
I wouldn’t be suited to the job myself.