Justice Scalia dead

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Originally Posted by roberth

Would a recess appointment help obama expedite some things through the court?

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If the Senate never goes into recess he can't do a recess appointment. The USSC already spanked him on that. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/us...ents.html?_r=0

Mike

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Originally Posted by roberth

^^ Thank you

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^^^ Ditto, all is not lost (yet).

Disturbing news. Last of constitutionalists. RIP Justice Scalia.

More turbulence ahead for our country and our liberty.

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but in this circumstance I damn well hope several independent medical examiners conduct detailed autopsies. Scalia would have been the #1 target on the list of many, many democrats. If there was any judge that masses of them wished dead at every other moment, it was him.

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And what are the odds he would die on the very day a scheduled recess starts, a time BO has historically attempted to abuse?

If BO doesn't make a recess appointment, I'll take that back. But if he does, I'll remain skeptical.

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Originally Posted by flogger

^^^ Ditto, all is not lost (yet).

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True.

I think all this hand-wringing is fruitless right now, we have to wait and see what happens.

Use your hand-wringing energy to take an inventory of whatever it is you think will be impacted later, if you don't have enough to suit you buy some more. As I have said before, if you're worried about guns don't buy a big screen tv, buy a gun instead or ammo or reloading stuff. You don't need a tv, you're gonna need a rifle.

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Originally Posted by roberth

True.

I think all this hand-wringing is fruitless right now, we have to wait and see what happens.

Use your hand-wringing energy to take an inventory of whatever it is you think will be impacted later, if you don't have enough to suit you buy some more. As I have said before, if you're worried about guns don't buy a big screen tv, buy a gun instead or ammo or reloading stuff. You don't need a tv, you're gonna need a rifle.

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Or training?

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Originally Posted by cstone

Recess appointments expire during the next session the Senate is in session. I'm encouraged that several Republican senators have come out and said that the next Justice will not be appointed by this President. I just hope they have the spine left to make it so.

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That's true for normal appointments. The last time a recess appointment was made to the SCOTUS was Earl Warren -- something Eisenhower noted was the worst mistake he'd ever made.

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Originally Posted by KestrelBike

Or training?

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No, having a gun is enough. [Sarcasm2]

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

It's the last straw to break the camels back. Welcome the dawn of socialism - I've long said this Obama presidency hung on the balance of the SC judges - if any of the five were to die, fate is pretty much sealed.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but in this circumstance I damn well hope several independent medical examiners conduct detailed autopsies. Scalia would have been the #1 target on the list of many, many democrats. If there was any judge that masses of them wished dead at every other moment, it was him.

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The comments on social media and news outlets is absolutely sickening. I'm ashamed to be, well, human with some of the things people are saying.


Edit: Would I say the same if it were Ruth or Sotomayor? No, nothing quite like what I've read.

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Originally Posted by roberth

True.

I think all this hand-wringing is fruitless right now, we have to wait and see what happens.

Use your hand-wringing energy to take an inventory of whatever it is you think will be impacted later, if you don't have enough to suit you buy some more. As I have said before, if you're worried about guns don't buy a big screen tv, buy a gun instead or ammo or reloading stuff. You don't need a tv, you're gonna need a rifle.

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Well said.