Scalia Dead

[Rajoo]

Let's say Obama does make an recess appointment. McConnell & Co. go berserk, challenge the constitutionality and the case goes to the Supreme Court. The newly appointed justice must be recused and the vote is a tie. This could get pretty ugly and totally disrupt the upcoming elections. We could be looking at a serious political divide unlike say, Obamacare. A single person or an entity can turn the country upside down.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Let's say Obama does make an recess appointment. McConnell & Co. go berserk, challenge the constitutionality and the case goes to the Supreme Court. The newly appointed justice must be recused and the vote is a tie. This could get pretty ugly and totally disrupt the upcoming elections. We could be looking at a serious political divide unlike say, Obamacare. A single person or an entity can turn the country upside down.

I guess thats as good an excuse as any for Obama to fold with the winning hand he has been delt.

[Tom Joad]

Now this looks like a good play.

I would cut Obama some slack on passing up the recess appointment if he makes this one.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-nominee.html

The GOP’s Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee
Tino Cuellar. California judge. Mexican-American. Harvard. Yale. Stanford. How many Latino votes you think the GOP’d get if they block him?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Now this looks like a good play.

I would cut Obama some slack on passing up the recess appointment if he makes this one.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-nominee.html

They're not going to get any Hispanic votes anyway except for some very old South Florida Cubans

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Let's say Obama does make an recess appointment. McConnell & Co. go berserk, challenge the constitutionality and the case goes to the Supreme Court. The newly appointed justice must be recused and the vote is a tie. This could get pretty ugly and totally disrupt the upcoming elections. We could be looking at a serious political divide unlike say, Obamacare. A single person or an entity can turn the country upside down.

I don't think the average American is all that caught up with who is on the Supreme Court...
I don't see this as big as Obamacare. The baggers will howl but they have been doing that for five or six years now. The GOP could raise a lot of money off of an Obama recess appointment.....keep the tea bag movement going. But I think the issue would fade away after the election and I doubt it would be the reason why a Democrat lost to say Trump. God forbid.

A recess appointment of a progressive who would uphold his executive actions on immigration would motivate Latinos to show up at the polls however.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by icenine

I don't think the average American is all that caught up with who is on the Supreme Court...
I don't see this as big as Obamacare. The baggers will howl but they have been doing that for five or six years now. The GOP could raise a lot of money off of an Obama recess appointment.....keep the tea bag movement going. But I think the issue would fade away after the election and I doubt it would be the reason why a Democrat lost to say Trump. God forbid.

A recess appointment of a progressive who would uphold his executive actions on immigration would motivate Latinos to show up at the polls however.

Anything Obama can do to destabilize the GOP is fair game. Your Godess is already politicking in Nevada on this hoping to energize the Hispanic's. As we have seen, money is not helping much in this election other than for Bernie.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

I don't think the average American is all that caught up with who is on the Supreme Court...

You might have a point there.

http://ffcolorado.com/blog/two-third...ys-new-survey/

Nearly two-thirds of Americans can’t name a single member of the United States Supreme Court, according to a new national survey by FindLaw.com (www.findlaw.com).

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

You might have a point there.
Quote:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans can’t name a single member of the United States Supreme Court, according to a new national survey by FindLaw.com.

http://ffcolorado.com/blog/two-third...ys-new-survey/

They should be surveying the kindergartners.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by icenine

I don't think the average American is all that caught up with who is on the Supreme Court...

I think you're right about the "average American." OTOH, the GOP base has been whipped into such a frenzy for the last 7 years by Fox and talk radio over how Obama is actively trying to destroy America. Now these same propagandists are telling them that the next SCOTUS appointment is the last straw on the march to Armageddon.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I think you're right about the "average American." OTOH, the GOP base has been whipped into such a frenzy for the last 7 years by Fox and talk radio over how Obama is actively trying to destroy America. Now these same propagandists are telling them that the next SCOTUS appointment is the last straw on the march to Armageddon.

Cruz said precisely that on the stump today.