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Loretta Lynch "Most Likely Candidate" to Replace Scalia

highly qualified people have been blocked before, many times....
and why are you hell bent on making this an issue about race?



Not just about race,about race and gender.If this the GOP tries to block this Black woman they'll live to regret that.

Wait and see.

The American people had a voice in Obama's choice of a nominee when they sent Obama to the White House.




"Better days are coming." ~But not for today's out of touch,running out of time, GOP.
 

Yep... He loses even without a challenger.
Election 2016: New survey shows challenges for Bennet; Democrats push back - Denver Business Journal
 
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I think your wrong, the public, meaning INDEPEDENT voters will be fed up. That is partisan wishful thinking there will be no blow back for the GOP come election day.
 


Sri2? Who is that?
 

Not good. She is a gun hating, Lefty bitch and most likely will not charge Hillary when all the FBI evidence nails her to the wall.

An obama appointment is a **** you America, with middle finger held high!
 

And sending obama to the WH was a huge mistake for America, by bozos who were duped by a phony ********er. Were you?

There is nothing so pressing, that it can't be put on the back burner by the SC for a year or two. Nothing!

The only rush to fill the vacancy is by liberal assholes who want another anti-gun, pro choice, obamacare crap, lacky, put in the chair.

Scalia will be missed, he was a staunch ally of Conservatism...the backbone of America!

liberal justices, are the limp dicks of America!
 
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Yes, I was wondering about that. The strategy part.
 

The Republicans still have a problem. With the Court divided, union and voter ID cases may swing left. Remember that Kennedy often sides with the liberals. Without a strong conservative to vote on the right, and without another moderate to persuade swinging right, anything can happen.

I don't think Obama is anti-gun at all. He hasn't attempted to ban guns or anything close to that. All he's done is try to get some background checks done and maybe ban assault weapons: positions taken by Republicans in the past. A moderate stance. If you don't think that's moderate, YOU are the extremist.

It's good he's pro-choice, since that's the law of the land in our country.

If you loved Scalia, follow his lead and make a couple of liberals your close friend (Ginsburg and Kagan). You would catch any of them calling the other childish names.
 



We'll see what you have to say on this topic after Hillary Clinton moves the U.S. Supreme Court strongly to the left with her appointments during her 8 years in office.

:lol:




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.
 
I completely disagree with about 98% of what you posted here, but I can respect the effort and level of thought you put into this post.

You really should quote and consider the entire post:


And if you're going to state that you disagree, to win a debate, you must show some evidence of where and support it with why, and or references.

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Sri2? Who is that?

Sri Srinivasan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sri Srinivasan
Sri Srinavasan.jpg
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 24, 2013
Appointed by Barack Obama
Preceded by Raymond Randolph
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office
August 26, 2011 – May 24, 2013
President Barack Obama

February 23, 1967 (age 48)
Chandigarh, India
Alma mater Stanford University
Religion Hinduism[1]
Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan (English pronunciation: /ˈsriː sriːniˈvɑːsən/; born February 23, 1967) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[2][3] The United States Senate confirmed Srinivasan by a vote of 97–0 on May 23, 2013. Before his confirmation, Srinivasan served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and has argued 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Srinivasan has also lectured at Harvard Law School, and acted as legal representative for former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court, Skilling v. United States (2010). In February 2016, The New York Times and NPR identified him as a potential nominee to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia as Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[4][5]
 
Remember how long the GOP held up the nomination of Lynch for AG last year ?


Looking back for good reason, remember how she forgot what the 1st amendment was when threatening the American public if they said mean things about muslims?
 
I disagree. Nominating Lynch will be a great tactic and that's why I believe that Obama will do it.

How will the GOP look opposing a highly qualified Black female? Think about it.

If the GOP tries to block her they'll live to regret that.




I find the notion of using the color of a persons skin to go after others as a rather racist tactic of the left.
 
He might. But the Court's already overflowing with white doods.


No, he won't. And the minority of the 9(8) Justices are "white d00ds"? I guess 1 would be "overflowing" to you.

Me, I think the court should be made up of individuals judged by the content of thier character, not the color of thier skin, not plumbing.
 
If he nominates her it just shows that Obama continues to play the Washington game, the very game that in 2008 where he said that he wanted to "change the way Washington works". Obama has turned himself into one of the best game players there has ever been in Washington. She would have NO CHANCE of being confirmed and he knows it. The appointment would be for political advantage only. Since neither side knows what the election future is, it is to both of their advantages to confirm a moderate choice. A moderate would shift the power of the court somewhat from a far right justice to a moderate one, far better than if the Republicans win the next election and appoint several far right conservatives to the court. On the other side, a moderate confirmed now would be preferable to the Democrats winning the White House (and possibly the Senate) and appointing several liberal justices. Both sides would be stupid to put all their eggs in one basket, thinking they are going to win the election. Whichever side winds up being wrong would pay a HUGE price for the gamble.
 
You really should quote and consider the entire post:



And if you're going to state that you disagree, to win a debate, you must show some evidence of where and support it with why, and or references.

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I didn't want to quote your entire post because it was too long for my response - a response that was not aimed at the specifics, but just trying to give you credit for the effort involved. I still do not want to bother responding to all of the issues I have with your post.
 
Looking back for good reason, remember how she forgot what the 1st amendment was when threatening the American public if they said mean things about muslims?

Oh come on, I already linked you an article where she clarified the comment that you so desperately want to use to imply that she somehow already violated the first amendment.
 
Oh come on, I already linked you an article where she clarified the comment that you so desperately want to use to imply that she somehow already violated the first amendment.


A SCOTUS nominee should not even be in that ball park where she would have said something so anti-constitutional that she had to walk that **** back.


I already replied to your post on this.
 

I am curious what you think about my theory that if Obama started with a moderate judge, like Srinivasta, the Republicans would still shoot him down regardless of the fact that they confirmed him 97-0 just a few years ago to the D.C. court. The Republicans have just drawn the line so starkly in the sand that they simply must block whomever Obama nominates first.
 
My mistake - you're absolutely correct - he was ambushed before any such nomination could be made.

Much like Lynch is being ambushed currently?
 
A SCOTUS nominee should not even be in that ball park where she would have said something so anti-constitutional that she had to walk that **** back.

I already replied to your post on this.

She never said or did anything unconstitutional. Even in her original quote, she said that we are worried when the language incites violence. That is still a legitimate (and constitutionally allowed) concern.
 
She never said or did anything unconstitutional. Even in her original quote, she said that we are worried when the language incites violence. That is still a legitimate (and constitutionally allowed) concern.



no, she says "edges towards", there is a significant and legal difference. The fact that she was thinking this, and spoke it, should disqualify her.


she also had "no comment" I believe on Rick Ross's threat to assassinate trump or some such (I have to look that up_
 

Well, that is their position right out of the gate but when push comes to shove they may take a more moderate tone and confirm a moderate. I think the independent electorate would not penalize the Republicans for refusing to confirm a liberal justice but they might take a lot of heat, election wise, for refusing to confirm a moderate.
 
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