Supreme Court Justice Scalia found dead of natural causes

[ordmm]

Heaven help us.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-...nd-6828930.php

[jak]

Appointees to the supreme court still have to get approved by the senate. I just hope we don't have some traitors on the republican side of the senate that will help get a liberal justice approved.

[timshufflin]

There better be no traitors. There better be goose stepping to the drum and all marching in order.

[ordmm]

Appointees to the supreme court still have to get approved by the senate. I just hope we don't have some traitors on the republican side of the senate that will help get a liberal justice approved.

Probably ain't but a few of them who care about anything about their own enrichment. Most all of them will cave for the right price.

[ordmm]

There better be no traitors. There better be goose stepping to the drum and all marching in order.

Might be interesting to watch the Repub debates tonight.

[jak]

There better be no traitors. There better be goose stepping to the drum and all marching in order.

You are correct. The approval needs only a simple majority. There are only 54 republicans in the senate.
The 2 independents will most likely side with the libs. So if we have 4 turncoats the tiebreaker will cast by biden and we lose the supreme court.

[canes7]

That sucks, hard. Very, Very Bad. I bet he was murdered by the Obummer admin.

[ordmm]

So, all you Constitutional experts on BT....my take is that the President can not make a recess appointment to the Supreme Court.
Am I reading this correctly?

http://nypost.com/2014/06/26/supreme...-appointments/

[timshufflin]

Let's see what they say in the debate tonight

[cuppednlocked]

You can bet that Obummer has Lynch looking into a way to make the appointment NOW.