Scalia Dead

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I have no problem with him having been an advocate for a conservative POV (which I don't share, BTW) in that I like the idea of a court with different POV's on it. I wouldn't want a court with an absolute conservative or liberal majority, but prefer one with an internal tension (or completely devoid of a political ideology, if that were even possible).

Another Liberal on the bench offers the best chance of that.

It'll be interesting to see who becomes the spokesperson for conservatism on the SCOTUS. Thomas is probably closest to Scalia in ideology, but I think he's a deaf mute.

It'll be Sammy the Fish.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

My guess is that the Repubs will try to hold off confirmation until Obama is out of office.

Beat ya!

[68custom]

No way we will see a new justice till after we have a new president.
why do I feel like singing "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJoj9IqeKg

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Beat ya!

Wanna gold star?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

This is going to be pretty nasty. The Republicans won't confirm Scalia's replacement, no matter who it is. They'll let it drag out until after the general and, if a Republican wins, until after he's sworn in.

Recess appointments are allowed for the SCOTUS, provided that it is truly a Senate recess (unlike the quasi-recess that Obama tried to take advantage of and got shot down for).

[bobabode]

"Nothing illustrated the dynamic so well as his close friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with whom he was in frequent disagreement. The two served together on the D.C. Circuit and respected each other’s intellect. Scalia and his wife, and Ginsburg and her husband, Martin, celebrated most New Year’s Eves together."


"Ginsburg said no one made her laugh as much as Justice Scalia did. “I love him. But sometimes I’d like to strangle him,” she once said." WaPo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...mepage%2Fstory

Can anyone confirm the whereabouts of the 'Notorious RBG' last night?

[Mr. Lin]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I have no problem with him having been an advocate for a conservative POV (which I don't share, BTW) in that I like the idea of a court with different POV's on it. I wouldn't want a court with an absolute conservative or liberal majority, but prefer one with an internal tension (or completely devoid of a political ideology, if that were even possible).

I don't celebrate someone's death, but we're certainly far better off without that dangerous, ignorant, pseudo-intellectual on the bench. Opposing points of view is one thing, but we shouldn't have supreme court justices who believe that the Devil no longer makes pigs run off cliffs simply because he's "wilier."

Can we talk about your drafting process—
[Leans in, stage-whispers.] I even believe in the Devil.

You do?
Of course! Yeah, he’s a real person. Hey, c’mon, that’s standard Catholic doctrine! Every Catholic believes that.

Every Catholic believes this? There’s a wide variety of Catholics out there … If you are faithful to Catholic dogma, that is certainly a large part of it.

Have you seen evidence of the Devil lately?
You know, it is curious. In the Gospels, the Devil is doing all sorts of things. He’s making pigs run off cliffs, he’s possessing people and whatnot. And that doesn’t happen very much anymore.

No.
It’s because he’s smart.

...

Well, you’re saying the Devil is persuading people to not believe in God. Couldn’t there be other reasons to not believe?
Well, there certainly can be other reasons. But it certainly favors the Devil’s desires. I mean, c’mon, that’s the explanation for why there’s not demonic possession all over the place. That always puzzled me. What happened to the Devil, you know? He used to be all over the place. He used to be all over the New Testament.

Right.
What happened to him?

He just got wilier.
He got wilier.

http://nymag.com/news/features/antonin-scalia-2013-10/

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Wanna gold star?

Sure!!

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by Boreas

This is going to be pretty nasty. The Republicans won't confirm Scalia's replacement, no matter who it is. They'll let it drag out until after the general and, if a Republican wins, until after he's sworn in.

+1

RIP Judge...

My "prayers and sympathies" are with his family.

[CarlV]

There will be no end to the process of replacement, it will be kept in a legal battle for years. Yes, there will be no price too small for the Koch Bros. to pay to get another stooge to do their bidding into the SCOTUS, they are left with Justice Oreo and Chief Justice Roberts on most days.


Carl