Supreme Court appointment - What should happen (Congress, Clinton, Obama)

[yeahboy79]

Here's what should happen. Obama should nominate a judge. Congress should treat them fairly and vote on it. Everything else is just political theater and is the kinds of things everyone complains about the government for.

Yes I know conservatives are going to complain about it but unless a Democrat killed scalia to make sure Obama gets to nominate someone, there shouldn't be any deviation from the typical process. To wait over a year for someone to just be nominated makes no sense. Sometimes you just have to play the hand you are dealt.

[spankys bbq]

Sure, you should play the cards you have. You shouldn't just accept a nominee because he or she is put out there for the position.

This discussion is not going to end well. I see it being a "you hate the nominee because Obama..."

[Smash255]

Obama should pick the nominee and the Senate should hold a vote on it. If the vote fails we will see where that will put us. If the Senate refuses to take any action on the nominee, blocks a vote, etc I think this will be a problem that will linger. There are far more Republicans running for re-election to the Senate this year, especially in swing states or states that tend to lean the other way as a whole, so that is another variable to all of this.

[phma]

Republicans need to DELAY DELAY DELAY !!!!

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by phma

Republicans need to DELAY DELAY DELAY !!!!

You can only delay for so long until it's obstruction. There's no value in delaying in this case.

[saltine]

The great and powerful O has spoken, and wasted no time politicizing the passing of Scalia. Really disgusting. We can do nothing but wait and see.

[EDnurse]

We should let the constitution work. Obama should nominate a replacement and the Senate votes.

[EDnurse]

Originally Posted by saltine

The great and powerful O has spoken, and wasted no time politicizing the passing of Scalia. Really disgusting. We can do nothing but wait and see.

Really? What about Mitch McConnell?

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by saltine

The great and powerful O has spoken, and wasted no time politicizing the passing of Scalia. Really disgusting. We can do nothing but wait and see.

Apparently the President performing his constitutional duty to nominate a replacement is "politicizing".

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by Smash255

Obama should pick the nominee and the Senate should hold a vote on it. If the vote fails we will see where that will put us. If the Senate refuses to take any action on the nominee, blocks a vote, etc I think this will be a problem that will linger. There are far more Republicans running for re-election to the Senate this year, especially in swing states or states that tend to lean the other way as a whole, so that is another variable to all of this.

Given McConnell's already stated intransigence, I'd like to see Obama make a recess appointment since Congress is currently adjourned. Furthermore he'll appoint the most flaming liberal possible while making a more moderate nomination to permanently fill the vacancy. And if that doesn't work, just leave it up to President H.R. Clinton to fill the vacancy with a Democrat controlled Senate...