Holy Sh*t! Scalia Has Died

[njpilot 671]

At least the Republicans have the Senate, but that doesn't totally comfort me. This could be bad. Very bad.

 

Found dead at 79.

[Old School 611]

We (Conservatives) are F'd !

 

I don't think the Senate has the moxy to vote down a confirmation.

 

Not these RINOs !

[Michael2013 56]

It is a catastrophe...  I don't trust the Senate

[bhunted 887]

Must of been a mob hit!

 

 

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[Old Glock guy 1,127]

Holy crap, that's horrible news!

[njpilot 671]

We (Conservatives) are F'd !

 

I don't think the Senate has the moxy to vote down a confirmation.

 

Not these RINOs !

Exactly Frank. That's what scares me the most.

[JohnnyB 4,326]

This is HORRIBLE! The face of SCOTUS will now become anti.

[Scorpio64 5,156]

It's doubtful that he will be replaced before the next POTUS election, so there is a bit of a stay on that.  His absence does leave one less constitutional juror during the interim though.

[njpilot 671]

It's doubtful that he will be replaced before the next POTUS election, so there is a bit of a stay on that.  His absence does leave one less constitutional juror during the interim though.

True. There is a stay on the EPA's destructive rules, supposed to be heard soon and a ruling in June on it. May me Obummer gets to destroy the coal industry after all.

[Michael2013 56]

It's doubtful that he will be replaced before the next POTUS election, so there is a bit of a stay on that.  His absence does leave one less constitutional juror during the interim though.

We'll see if the Rs in Senate have the guts to block nomination.  But it have to last until Jan 20, 2017, not just the election.

[Newtonian 453]

This is badder than old King Kong. Except for a narrow, narrow path to sanity this is literally the end of the American republic.

 

Obama will lie about how he, the country's biggest constitutional charlatan, respected the country's pre-eminent constitutional scholar. Then he'll nominate some far-left c**t constructed in his own spirit and philosophy.

 

Do the Republicans have the spine and the guts, finally, to delay an Obama initiative? Can they delay long enough to see if the odds-on favorite, the money-laundering cash-grabbing influence-peddling pathological liar, Queen Hillary the Inevitable, becomes our next presidentess? 

 

The Court was 50% conservative. It's now 3-1/2 4-1/2 conservative. The half is of course Kennedy.

 

We were doomed anyway given that Ole Fat-Legs beats all Republicans head-to-head. But that's part of the "narrow path" previously mentioned: Senate stalls and stalls, a Republican gets elected, he nominates a conservative justice, and balance is restored.

 

Well, well, well I'd rather take the odds on the next trifecta at Belmont.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 358]

Obama will nominate himself and let Uncle Joe serve out the rest of his term.

 

 

....joke

[Hndcnn 0]

What does his "vacuum" mean now to our Nation? Future rulings?

[Zeke 5,504]

Found sat morning. Age 79

Chief Justice Scalia dead at 79 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/13/chief-justice-scalia-dead-at-79.html

[njpilot 671]

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/80282-holy-sht-scalia-has-died/

[Scorpio64 5,156]

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/80282-holy-sht-scalia-has-died/

[Michael2013 56]

Obama will nominate himself and let Uncle Joe serve out the rest of his term.

 

 

....joke

Interesting idea.  So, the Uncle Joe can run as incumbent?

[Zeke 5,504]

My bad.

Please delete

[Old School 611]

Obama will nominate himself and let Uncle Joe serve out the rest of his term.

 

 

....joke

 

 

No joke WTF!  I think technically it could happen.

[Malsua 1,422]

Oh, this is bad.

[Hndcnn 0]

POTUS will say, see, the other side always wants to block me when I want to make decision. I hope the media brings this point up in the debates on both sides. How will they pick on a new justice.

[Hndcnn 0]

No joke WTF! I think technically it could happen.

Can a Pres. Nominate himself? What are the rules?

[JohnnyB 4,326]

Can a Pres. Nominate himself? What are the rules?

No. The next President could nominate Barry though!

[njpilot 671]

Can a Pres. Nominate himself? What are the rules?

Even if he could, doubt the Senate would consider him any more than anyone else he nominates.

[Hndcnn 0]

No. The next President could nominate Barry though!

This would suck! He does claim to be a Constitutional Scholar. Who do you all think he would nominate now? Holder? Warren? The current advisor? Kerry? Damn.

[T Bill 649]

No. The next President could nominate Barry though!

Hitlary would not even have to think twice about it.  Is this the start of a 'perfect storm'? I hope not

[Maksim 1,504]

Heard the notion of Obama to the court myself before.

 

In any case... let's move this to the politics section.

 

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[Texas Shooter 35]

All those 5-4 decisions that have our gone our way will now be 5-4 against us.  The RINO's in the Senate do not have the stones to block his nomination.

 

On a different note, get ready for the massive panic buying that will start.  Stock up now...

[Newtonian 453]

Here's a long-odds bet. 82-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsberg decides to retire and cement Obama's imprint on the court for the next 30 years. Likelihood, about 25%. 

 

You read it first here.

 

Subject to the "narrow path" scenario in my last post. See above.

 

We are fucking doomed.

 

BTW another reason I'm saddened today is that Scalia was an alum of my high school, Xavier H.S., 30 W. 16th St., one of the few NYC schools with a shooting range in the sub-basement. I shot a bolt-action single-round .22lr something or other there for three years, and every year improved my field-take-down of an M1.

 

Back in the day Xavier was a no-nonsense Jesuit military academy, for kids (like me) who were not smart enough to get into Regis or Stuyvesant, but where any kid who worked and didn't make excuses could succeed. They kicked the shit out of us until we learned, and goddammit we did.

 

Scalia was at one time a supporter of our school, as was I until I learned they had a "gay-straight" alliance club.

 

Very sad day for me on several levels.

[Howard 538]

Just in, 0bamba to nominate one of the Gitmo inmates to the supreme court.