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« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2016, 05:11:37 PM »
Quote from: Assemblyman Smith (I-MA) on February 13, 2016, 05:09:35 PM
So, any guesses on the next Supreme Court justice?

Obama should nominate himself
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« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2016, 05:12:02 PM »
RIP FF

I hope we can get someone on the Court without trouble.
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« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2016, 05:12:32 PM »
RIP, an invaluable voice of sanity.
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« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2016, 05:13:46 PM »
HP.....but RIP.

So who does Obama have in mind when it comes to replacements?
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« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2016, 05:13:57 PM »
Quote from: Ted Bessell, Bass God of the West on February 13, 2016, 05:12:02 PM
RIP FF

I hope we can get someone on the Court without trouble.

Good luck.


I'd pay money to see the Tea Party's reaction to that.
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« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2016, 05:14:27 PM »
Quote from: Assemblyman Smith (I-MA) on February 13, 2016, 05:09:35 PM
So, any guesses on the next Supreme Court justice?

another person will be added to this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsuccessful_nominations_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2016, 05:15:02 PM »
Holy sh*t. This is gonna make 2016 even nastier then it was going to be.
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« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2016, 05:15:24 PM »
RIP

Obama's best hope is a swing justice - the senate isn't confirming a liberal to replace Scalia.
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« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2016, 05:15:50 PM »
It will be someone on this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Supreme_Court_candidates
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« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2016, 05:16:32 PM »
RIP Texas and Mississippi abortion restrictions.
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« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2016, 05:16:54 PM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_B._Garland

It's gonna be him.
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« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2016, 05:17:23 PM »

I thought the exact same thing
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« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2016, 05:17:41 PM »
RIP FF Cry
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« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2016, 05:20:11 PM »
I hope Obama's strategy is

1. Nominate a super-liberal

(get rejected)

2. Nominated someone center-left

(get approved... and the person who Obama really wanted)


Because if he went right to #2, that he'd probably have to nominate someone even more centrist. The first choice is almost certain to be rejected, no matter what.
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« Reply #39 on: February 13, 2016, 05:22:10 PM »
#JamesBuckleyForSCOTUS
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« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2016, 05:22:44 PM »
RIP FF; Scalia wrote some of the most fun to read opinions of all Supreme Court justices. His unrelenting textualism has changed the way even liberal justices have interpreted laws and the constitution in their opinions. He was truly one of the one or two giants currently on the court.


The Senate isn't going to let ANYONE who could conceivably change the courts conservative lean go forward.
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« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2016, 05:24:08 PM »
RIP true FF.

My my how the tables have turned.
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« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2016, 05:24:27 PM »
RIP to the largest FF in Court History. Couldn't he make it a year longer because I am not happy right now.
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« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2016, 05:24:33 PM »
« Edited: February 13, 2016, 06:10:51 PM by True Federalist »
Now he and James McReynolds can sit on a front porch in heaven & talk about all the things they hate
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« Reply #44 on: February 13, 2016, 05:24:44 PM »
I think the GOP will let Obama choose a moderate or swing Justice. Waiting too long could invite unnecessary backlash and open up a possibility to another Dem president and Dem-controlled senate to choose someone even further to the left.
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« Reply #45 on: February 13, 2016, 05:25:02 PM »
Since the Court is likely to remain this way for a long while... What happens when a decision is split 4-4?
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« Reply #46 on: February 13, 2016, 05:25:09 PM »

He's 92... but if he were younger, I'd love to see him on the Court.
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« Reply #47 on: February 13, 2016, 05:25:53 PM »
I know one thing if a Republican votes for Obamas appointee they will be primaried and they will lose.
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« Reply #48 on: February 13, 2016, 05:26:22 PM »
Quote from: Californian Tony Returns on February 13, 2016, 05:25:02 PM
Since the Court is likely to remain this way for a long while... What happens when a decision is split 4-4?

Lower court opinion stands, with no Supreme Court precedent.
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« Reply #49 on: February 13, 2016, 05:27:39 PM »
They have a quorum of six, right? So they'll be okay for a while.
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