Should Obama nominate a new Supreme court justice?
or should he take the advice of the "R's" and let the next administration make the nomination
Supposed this death occurred on 31 Dec of this year - (with only 20 days left in the term of the POTUS.)
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Then should the POTUS refrain from a nomination? What would be the cutoff?
What would you think if the Senate gave the President a list of 5 men, that it would approve?
Should we wait?
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Salty, Feb 14, 2016.
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preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
No. Let the President submit his name for confirmation. Let the Senate confirm or deny that nominee.
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They borked Bork, and tried to bork Thomas, sooo.....
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Why would he wait? It doesn't even make sense for folks on the GOP side to suggest that he should wait.Cruz made some silly statement about how the replacement "should be a decision for the people". Can the people not make a decision NOW?
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
No, he should go ahead and appoint a new justice. There are a number of reasons for this, one being the country had too many needs to have a crippled court.
The GOP needs to be careful. Their actions so far indicate an unwise course that may well cost them votes in the coming election. -
The unwritten rule in the Senate has been "no lame-duck nominations" for the past 5 decades.
"Let the people decide" is a good rule to follow. The people will decide who they want to be President next November. Let that person nominate the next justice.
I can't see why the Democrats are so upset. Unless they all think they are going to lose the election in November, both the White House and for control of the Senate. -
Unwritten tradition isn't the law. It's embarrassing that we can say that the Senate for five decades blocked Presidents from doing what they were elected to do just because of a tradition of being a "lame duck" President.
That they even bring it up is pitiful. The government doesn't stop just because folks in Congress think there is a lame duck President.
The PEOPLE elected the current President so they need to get out the way, stop playing partisan politics, and let the man do the job so many of them claims he does poorly.
For me, it's not about anyone winning or losing an election. The justice died under the current administration. Then the President of the current administration needs to do his job and nominate someone to replace Scalia.
So please, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, and the GOP myrmidons, make this into a thing. What was already gonna be a November blowout will become a blowout and a SCOTUS appointee as the Dems stress the continued obstructionist behavior of the GOP lead Congress that began in earnest when Barack Obama took office.
Republican leaders said they want the President to fail at the beginning of his first term and have done everything they could to obstruct him doing his job.
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For nearly two hundred years there was no provision to replace a Vice-President - of which there is only one. There were 8 times in our Nations history that the office of Veep was vacant.
The Supreme Court still has eight justices - is it that urgent to immediately to fill the open seat? -
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Any future rulings that end in a 4-4 vote also leave the lower courts ruling in force. Again this will give many conservatives heart burn as they did not like the lower court ruling and brought it before the SC.
Guess it depends on your view point on those rulings.
Also, you might end up with a much more liberal sc justice if you wait and the election goes badly for the GOP and conservatives. Do you want to take that risk? -
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I would not necessary ignore them. If they sent me a good candidate, I would approve.
remember the COTUS states "advise and consent" notice - advise comes first..... -
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