He was an asshole. Other Supreme court justices stayed private and dignified. He traveled around, making big money from right-wing speeches. It reminds me of Joan Rivers. When she died, articles pretended she wasn't widely-hated. When a liberal dies, all the articles use words like "controversial" with quotes from opponents.
The republicans better bite the bullet and confirm a moderate, because those clowns are gonna end up with Justice Elizabeth Warren if the dems win. An interesting candidate would be Larry Lessig, he clerked for Scalia, and would provide the dems with plenty of ammo were he to be blocked.
Sly Poker Dog for scotus? He could modify all the briefs and change the parties names to Slypokerdog. Then he could try to ban all the lawyers. That first obscenity case involving the Timbertrolls could be fun.
The only Obama nominee I would consent to is Orren Hatch. Obama could add that appointee to his legacy.
Guess he was found with a pillow over his head and the right wing rags are running with "was he murdered?!?" I think it's more likely a homosexual prostitute was suffocating him to enhance his boner.
If they could only find a handicapped transgender asian judge it'd balance out the supreme court nicely.
Tiger Woods is sort of Asian. He might be looking for work. He has a pretty good handicap too. Not sure on the trans thing though. Maybe he would be willing to transition to Tigress Woods?
they should come up with Obama's perfect candidate. I mean he already put a lesbian and a mexican lady in there. :MARIS61:
I haven't read this thread. But I just wanted to say: as an NRA Member and gun owner, this does not bode well, and this was THE LAST person I wanted to die. Scalia could not have picked a worse time to croak. Every. Single. Gun Rights issue in this country the past 7 years, which has made it to the SC, has passed on a 5-4 vote. And I'm not talking lead in bullets or something. Basic Civil Rights, like Concealed Carry and so called "Assault Weapons Bans" and the Constitutionality of such issues has all passed by a 5-4 vote. Every single one. Obama puts a liberal on that bench, and we can kiss that Civil Right goodbye. But I don't envy the Republicans right now. Stall the President (alienate the voting public) and risk Hillary or Commie Sanders getting elected, then they're REALLY screwed. Stall the President, and they risk losing the House or Senate when the voting public gets tired of their shit. Ride it out and hope for the best? Or offer up a Moderate to appease King Hussein? Decisions, decisions. I don't envy them in the least; that shit has got to be keeping Mitch awake at night.
Scalia was a crook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...preme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/
The court has also ruled 5-4 for abortion rights and ObamaCare. Both sides' oxen have been gored, which seems to be fair to me. Here's something to consider. If Obama nominates a moderate, it moves the court to the left (anyone left of Scalia does that). If a republican wins the presidential election, he may well have a chance to appoint Ginsburg's successor. She turns 83 in March and would be in her 90s before two 4 year terms are up. If a conservative is appointed to replace her, the court ends up further to the right than it was with Scalia. Effectively Scalia replaced by this conservative, Ginsberg replaced by the less left/moderate Obama appointee. If Obama appoints a hard left liberal, republicans have cover. They told everyone they'd not pass any Obama appointee before seeing the race, creed, color, sex, etc., of the appointee. The race card won't work. If I were a republican in the senate, I would simply say, "we warned you, sorry, but we're not going to pass anyone, period." And that is that.
Study history as I may, I can not figure out how we arrive at this point, where perhaps the only Justice to actually uphold his oath of office and attempt to judge as the original intent of the creators of the Constitution saw the job, became the far Right symbol. It seems to me that the center should be that all justices would attempt to use the Constitution as the code. This then would anchor, the actions of the both the left and the right around a common reference. The value of the amendment process would then become apparent to everyone as the valid process to move the anchor when necessary, rather than turning our entire system into a mockery. We now have a process where the Constitution is basically ignored while we use a Presidential election to allow one man to stack the court to influence the next 30 years with no process to correct an error. Nobody wins in such chaos.
