Scalia Dead

[djv8ga]

Ted Cruz For Supreme Court Justice. Trump will be happy to seat him.

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Ted Cruz For Supreme Court Justice. Trump will be happy to seat him.

I want some of what you're smokin'.



Carl

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Ted Cruz For Supreme Court Justice. Trump will be happy to seat him.

I think that most of the senators in his own party would reject him.

Regards,

D-Ray

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I think that most of the senators in his own party would reject him.

Regards,

D-Ray

So they would treat one of their own the same way as they will treat Obama's nominee?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

So they would treat one of their own the same way as they will treat Obama's nominee?

I don't think the Republicans in the Senate think of Cruz as one of their own. You don't accuse a former Republican Senator of treason or call your Leader a liar, both in open session, and get away with it.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I don't think the Republicans in the Senate think of Cruz as one of their own. You don't accuse a former Republican Senator of treason or call your Leader a liar, both in open session, and get away with it.

It's not a matter of what the idiots think, it's the fact that they would block the nomination of a Republican. Don't forget that in this scenario, Trump would have already kicked their sorry butts for trying to block his nomination.
That would be so over the top, the national guard would need to be called out to protect every RNC cave in the country.

[Oerets]

Hope he goes in front of a Liberal leaning Judge to argue his case.

Haven't you heard Obama's going to appoint himself to the bench! According to my BIL the TP'r or whatever he is calling it now.




Barney

[sheltiedave]

Guys, even though Scalia is at the far right of the spectrum, he
a) has a family, with a wife and nine kids
b) had the ball s and intellectual capacity to marshall a court over a twenty year period to accept his brand of jurisprudence and thinking. This guy had the smarts, the wit, and the personality to create a conservative court.

Although some of his reasoning was of an ilk I disagreed with, he was one of the deepest thinkers of the modern court, and I tip my hat to him, out of respect and appreciation for serving his country to the best of his abilities. Lets not descend and parallel how the politicians behave on both sides, put pay our respects....and pray a Democrat wins this election.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Guys, even though Scalia is at the far right of the spectrum, he
a) has a family, with a wife and nine kids
b) had the ball s and intellectual capacity to marshall a court over a twenty year period to accept his brand of jurisprudence and thinking. This guy had the smarts, the wit, and the personality to create a conservative court.

Although some of his reasoning was of an ilk I disagreed with, he was one of the deepest thinkers of the modern court, and I tip my hat to him, out of respect and appreciation for serving his country to the best of his abilities. Lets not descend and parallel how the politicians behave on both sides, put pay our respects....and pray a Democrat wins this election.

Well stated, Dave. As bad as some of his opinions were IMO, gloating over his death is worse.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Guys, even though Scalia is at the far right of the spectrum, he
a) has a family, with a wife and nine kids
b) had the ball s and intellectual capacity to marshall a court over a twenty year period to accept his brand of jurisprudence and thinking. This guy had the smarts, the wit, and the personality to create a conservative court.

Although some of his reasoning was of an ilk I disagreed with, he was one of the deepest thinkers of the modern court, and I tip my hat to him, out of respect and appreciation for serving his country to the best of his abilities. Lets not descend and parallel how the politicians behave on both sides, put pay our respects....and pray a Democrat wins this election.

For the most part the posts in this thread have been free of invective where Justice Scalia is concerned. On the other hand, there have been some pretty sharp and cynical posts concerning what's to come next but Mitch McConnell has proven them to be entirely justified.