That Obstruction You See …

Is a bunch of conservative crybabies grinding the government to a halt because they don’t get their way. Come on show a little respect and at least wait until the body is cold.

Source:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scalia-obama-replacement_us_56bfabe4e4b08ffac1258cf5

There you have there will be no supreme court decisions in close cases for a year.

Of course there won't. The Huff post? C'mon.

You can read the direct quotes. Mitch MooConnell is already saying Republicans won't fulfill their Constitutional duty and confirm a replacement. Must be nice to announce you are not going to do your job for the next year and still draw a pay check.

I think it should be up to the next pres. for the nomination.
If the Dems had majority with a sitting rep. president and the elections were around the corner, you know as well as everyone else there'd be no way in hell anyone got confirmed to the SC now. So don't even start bitching about it, well actually I know it'll be non-stop between you, forky, et.al. all chiming in.

That is not what constitution says. If you have President Hillary how long are the Republicans going to delay her nominee another year? Having a vacant Supreme Court seat for a long time (1-2 years) invites a constitutional crisis because of the potential of tie decisions.

Can you imagine Trump filing a Federal Lawsuit against Cruz as he says he is going to. It goes straight to the Supreme Court and they tie 4-4 on the issue? You could have a guy that wins the Presidency and it not be clear if he is eligible or not. Normally, in a case of a tie the decision of the lower court is automatically upheld, but in a case that deals with an issue that has never been heard or fully heard it is unclear what happens. Can you imagine another Bush v. Gore case where the court isn’t able to provide an answer to who won the Presidential election because it is tied 4-4? You simply cannot leave possibilities like this open.

The court was getting ready to rule on cases dealing with abortion, affirmative action, the Obama Care contraceptive mandate and the limits of presidential powers when it comes to immigration and deportation. These where all expected to be potential 5-4 decisions and now a lot of them likely will be 4-4 decisions. Meaning, whatever the lower court ruled will stay in place, but it won’t be binding precedent. All of those controversies, will likely have to be reheard in new cases.

Its going to be interesting how it plays out. Republicans clearly don't want Obama to pick Scalia's replacement...but if they deny him then they enforce their reputation for being obstructionists ....in an election year. It will be easy for Mitch McConnell to say no. Its going to be much harder for Reoublican Senators in Blue states up for re-election to also say no. Pat Toomey, Kelley Ayotte, and about 10 others.

I predict a deal for a true moderate replacement will be made before the general election starts in full force..

For conservatives it is more of a question of when do they want to lose. With Scalia’s passing, they have already lost their majority on the court. It would be very clever of Obama to nominate a moderate Democrat and dare the Republicans to deny the nomination because they will make them look bad in the election to independents and it will likely cost them votes. On the other hand, they have already promised their frothing at the mouth base they will deny Obama, so even going along with the most conservative Democrat Obama could find is going to make their base very angry. That sets up a President Clinton or Sanders nominating someone very liberal to the court after an election victory and the Republicans having committed to move forward the nominee of the next President. It is a win either way. There is a union case out of California that was expected to go 5-4 against the unions. It will now likely go 4-4 and continue to allow unions to take their dues out of public sector employee’s paychecks that were trying to be free riders.

The last time it happened was in the election year of 1988. President Reagan's nominee, Anthony Kennedy, was confirmed on February 3, 1988, 97-0.

It's hard to believe that both Scalia and Ruth Ginsberg were approved unanimously.How far have we fallen since then?
Suppose Obama nominates a federal judge that was recently approved overwhelmingly? What excuse will they use?

That he is a communist, liberal, fascist, black panther, Nazi, Muslim and part of or supportive of the black radical Christian liberation movement. Worst of all he wants to take your guns away and enact sharia law.

Oh, and he likes to hang out with Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright in his spare time.