Ticking Clocks

Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia dead at 79.

Obama gets to make another appointment!

The Senate has to confirm it. What are the odds this close to a Presidential election?

GOP will block then Bernie will appoint Obama.

:lol2:

Obama has already publicly stated that he wouldn.t do a third term as President even if he could and that he's not interested in a Supreme Court appointment either.

When did you start taking politicians at their word Officer Killjoy? :)

I suppose it's possible. To paraphrase the great sage Katy Perry: Barrack changes his mind...like a girl...changes clothes.

sexobon wrote:

The Senate has to confirm it. What are the odds this close to a Presidential election?

At first I thought you meant the Senate would need to vote on whether Scalia was actually dead...

I don't know, we say "this close" but it's still 9 months away. And the Senate might take the devil they know over the possibility of the Democrats retaking the senate after the election. Say, Bernie as president, plus a Democratic Senate: current Republican senators can't possibly like the kind of nominee that would bring about.

What is poor Justice Thomas going to do now without Scalia?

Harass his secretary.

glatt;953540 wrote:

What is poor Justice Thomas going to do now without Scalia?

Ima guess he won't be asking any questions...

There are people posting that Obama had Scalia murdered. What is wrong with them?


There's clear precedence from repubicans who nominated Supreme Court Justices in their last year of a term. Reagan nominated Kennedy in February of '88, Ford nominated Stevens in December '75, Nixon / Renquist and Powel in December '71. It's hypocritical for them to suggest that Obama delay. But it's typical.

Because if there's one thing overweight 79-year-old men do, it's stay alive indefinitely. :rolleyes:

Spexxvet;953614 wrote:

There are people posting that Obama had Scalia murdered. What is wrong with them?

--snip

Nonsense.

Scalia died while on a hunting trip in Texas. Forget Obama, I want to hear Dick Cheney's alibi.

Forget Obama, I want to hear Dick Cheney's alibi

:lol2:

Have all the candidates tell who they would nominate.

Clodfobble;953531 wrote:

At first I thought you meant the Senate would need to vote on whether Scalia was actually dead...

I don't know, we say "this close" but it's still 9 months away.

Eleven months. Obama is president until January 20.

The new senate takes office January 3. But that may not be too meaningful, since a filibuster would almost certainly be possible no matter how the election goes.

The kid brought a ticking clock into school to countdown the event. Teacher immediately knew it must be a bomb. Cops were called. The kid was hauled off in handcuffs.

Once upon a time, this would have been fiction. Politics is dangerous at any age. Even Scalia couldn't take it anymore - and clocked out.