For all those who have a problem voting for either Clinton or Sanders…this is what your vote should be about…the SCOTUS.
Every other issue could wind up for some reason or another in front of the Court. It does matter who gets to pick the nominees. Our best gift to this country would be to take back the Senate, and work on getting the House back.
Just saying. Peace.
“A tie vote would be a devastating loss for the administration, and would likely mean the Obama presidency will end before he is able to implement the policy.”
But this would still be better than if Scalia were alive. The future would be still up for grabs on the issue, rather than another lousy GOP law enabled.
Let’s not forget that Scalia’s death makes the world a better place, despite what might happen on any specific case.
We live in a world where you can’t even make a good slippery slope argument any more. Even the most carefully crafted sarcasm, or the most obvious, transparent reductio ad absurdum is prone to some dumb ass throwing down and trying it like a personal dare.
So this issue of standing is far more important than anything to do with immigration. On how flimsy a pretext can state officials sue to impose their policy preferences on everyone? It doesn’t get much flimsier than Texas predicting they might wind up issuing more driver’s licenses.
U.S. v. Texas
I’m sorry, that sounds more like a cage match than a law suit.
Damn your Vulcan logic, neoliberal corporatist!
Standing is a tool that conservatives use when they want to dismiss a suit that would yield a liberal result, so I’m not sure they would go for it in this case.
““The chances of the administration winning have probably gone up with Justice Scalia not on the bench,” Kevin Johnson, a UC Davis law professor who teaches immigration law, told TPM.”
Wow you really think so? Thank God for expert opinion!
Love the photo, Scalia and the Un. of Mississippi law school, a perfect match.
And Mitch McConnell, lounging in his turtle tunnel, chuckles happily to himself.
I’m quite curious in the interim here to see how much the lack of ‘bully’ influence of ASS might see some cracks in the blockade in addition to simply being the 1st vote in favor for anything that smacks of bigotry or hatred.
Grumpy old man at a questionable law school? hmmm.
“…We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never.”
-- SwinbburneThis ‘BACK’ President is NOT ALLOWED…
And we thought the days of telling BLACKS to ride at the back of the BUS was over. OR use the other restroom, or YOU’RE not allowed to eat at the same counter, OR swim at the pool…ETC…was over.
C I have WHITE SKIN and I can C it this picture, it’s as clear as the writing on the WALL…:WHITES ONLY, COLOREDS NOT ALLOWED’…
Sounds like Godzilla vs. Bambi, and I’d love to see it.
Does SCOTUS have a time frame in which to deliver their decision?
Wonder how Garland would decide? A good but dodge-able question.
I don’t want to sound cruel, but this nation is so much better off with that man dead and in the ground. The benefits are already showing themselves.
Overall - not just on this case, but any future cases that come before the court - I’d say that the chances of civilized society winning have gone up with Scalia not on the bench.
I guess Scalia is still dead? Has anyone gotten an update?