Replacing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

[Big Jim P]

Well, the dems are putting up one or the other un-electable candidate. We shall see.

And Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are highly electable, right?

Marginally more so than hillary or bernie.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Well, the dems are putting up one or the other un-electable candidate. We shall see.

And Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are highly electable, right?

Let's be honest. In this election the ones who might be okay for the country are not gonna get nominated and the ones who end up being nominated are going to be shit candidates.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

And Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are highly electable, right?

Marginally more so than hillary or bernie.

"Marginally more so" would imply that they actually put some effort NOT being Trump.

None of them have.

[Tmutarakhan]

I don't see a Republican getting elected pres next year. It's really too far out to tell, especially with the chaotic GOP race this year. And the mad-dash back to the center that the GOP nominee has to make to win over the independents who weren't scared away during the primary.

Well, the dems are putting up one or the other un-electable candidate. We shall see.

The Democrats have a near-lock. None of the blue states are going to vote for any of the Republican candidates, so the GOP would have to run the table on the purple states (Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada) and not lose any of the softer red states. This is not likely.

[Farnhamia]

He's no more scum than anyone on the bench.

No, he really is the worst scum who has served on the bench in a very long time. He claimed to have judicial principles but would always set them aside in favor of other principles, depending on which argument he needed to pull out in favor of whichever side he wanted to win. He has been a malignant influence on the court, and on the country as a whole.

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You can say he was the worst jurist we've had on the Court in a century, you can say he was a legal illiterate, you can say lots of things. What you cannot do is resort to mudslinging that is likely to rile up people who disagree.

[Big Jim P]

hmmmm is takei communist? he might be PERFECT.

He's not a judge though.

Neither is Obama, but he has been mentioned as a possible candidate.

[Vallermoore]

RIP Scalia. Death comes to us all.

[Terminus Alpha]

I don't see a Republican getting elected pres next year. It's really too far out to tell, especially with the chaotic GOP race this year. And the mad-dash back to the center that the GOP nominee has to make to win over the independents who weren't scared away during the primary.

Well, the dems are putting up one or the other un-electable candidate. We shall see.

Eh, HRC and Bernie have their fans, and both aren't un-electable, especially since the democratic coalition has held together so well.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Then Obama can get him through. Enough "moderate" Republicans might defect.

I could agree with this, as gay marriage happens to be one of the issues I am liberal on. That puts him two for two in my opinion.

Likewise, I wouldn't be opposed to him.

[Talvezout]

Betty Bowers said "This would be an excellent day for Justice Clarence Thomas to continue his tradition of just doing whatever Justice Scalia does."

For someone who's not as informed in the SCOTUS, can someone explain to ne all the jokes about Clarence Thomas?

[Big Jim P]

And Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are highly electable, right?

Let's be honest. In this election the ones who might be okay for the country are not gonna get nominated and the ones who end up being nominated are going to be shit candidates.

Very true, and we are forced to decide which turd stinks the least.

[Ashmoria]

He's not a judge though.

Neither is Obama, but he has been mentioned as a possible candidate.

Rehnquist wasn't a judge and he ended up as chief justice.

[Tmutarakhan]

No, he really is the worst scum who has served on the bench in a very long time. He claimed to have judicial principles but would always set them aside in favor of other principles, depending on which argument he needed to pull out in favor of whichever side he wanted to win. He has been a malignant influence on the court, and on the country as a whole.

*** Warned for trolling ***

You can say he was the worst jurist we've had on the Court in a century, you can say he was a legal illiterate, you can say lots of things. What you cannot do is resort to mudslinging that is likely to rile up people who disagree.

I withdraw the word "scum" if that is the issue; but note that it was not me who introduced the word. Geilinor was characterizing ALL the members of the bench as "scum" and saying Scalia was not worse than the rest of them. Scalia was, indeed, worse than the rest of them, and by a wide margin, and I will not apologize for saying so.

[Geilinor]

I wouldn't be surprised if a President Trump nominates Judge Judy.

hes mentioned his sister before. she is a federal judge of some kind that the national review called a pro-abortion extremist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry
She's 78, she would be very old and a Republican appointed most recently by -

Bill Clinton.

[Big Jim P]

Well, the dems are putting up one or the other un-electable candidate. We shall see.

Eh, HRC and Bernie have their fans, and both aren't un-electable, especially since the democratic coalition has held together so well.

Hillaries dishonesty and unlikeability and bernies socialism makes them both very unlikely to win. I will concede it is possible, but very unlikely.

[Ashmoria]

hes mentioned his sister before. she is a federal judge of some kind that the national review called a pro-abortion extremist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry
She's 78, she would be very old and a Republican appointed most recently by -

Bill Clinton.

like trump would care.

but there is something to be said for appointing old people to the SC. that way they don't serve for decades with no way to get them out.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

The political damage will be somewhat mitigated by our current swing towards the right.

Which current swing to the right? What makes you think the Republican gains in Congress will continue? It would take sheer incompetence for the Democrats to lose any seats.

Not that that's stopped us before, mind.

[New Jerzylvania]

Neither is Obama, but he has been mentioned as a possible candidate.

Rehnquist wasn't a judge and he ended up as chief justice.

You don't have to be in Congress to be Speaker of the House nor a judge to be on the SCOTUS. Or a general or politician to be President. But you can't simultaneously hold office in 2 or 3 of the 3 branches of the government. Just one.

[Farnhamia]

Always sad when someone dies but can't say I'll be shedding any tears for this one. Rest in peace, asshole.

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[Anywhere Else But Here]

Eh, HRC and Bernie have their fans, and both aren't un-electable, especially since the democratic coalition has held together so well.

Hillaries dishonesty and unlikeability and bernies socialism makes them both very unlikely to win. I will concede it is possible, but very unlikely.

If you're right, then that is exactly why I make snide comments about American politics. If someone can lose to an out and out nutter just for being more left wing than Ed Miliband, then it is pretty much impossible for anything I might say about the USA to be hyperbole.

That said, I don't think you're right at all.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry
She's 78, she would be very old and a Republican appointed most recently by -

Bill Clinton.

like trump would care.

but there is something to be said for appointing old people to the SC. that way they don't serve for decades with no way to get them out.

I'd think Supreme Court Justices can retire?

[Ashmoria]

like trump would care.

but there is something to be said for appointing old people to the SC. that way they don't serve for decades with no way to get them out.

I'd think Supreme Court Justices can retire?

they can get out but WE cant get them out.

[Farnhamia]

I'd think Supreme Court Justices can retire?

they can get out but WE cant get them out.

They can be impeached.

[The Serbian Empire]

This seems too good to be true. If Obama replaces him quickly then we might get the LGBT rights expanded by judicial activism.

[Ashmoria]

they can get out but WE cant get them out.

They can be impeached.

good luck with that, eh?