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scalia's dissent in Montgomery v Louisiana is another brilliant example of how much of a shithead he is yeah life without parole for juvenile offenders was a great hill to die on you piece of poo poo
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Sydin posted:Nah, SCOTUS has been down members before, and split decisions just result in deferring to the lower court. Yes, there's almost zero chance Obama is able to push a candidate through the Senate, but come 2017 we'll hopefully have President Hillary and a Dem controlled Senate. They only need a simple majority to confirm, so even if it's only by one seat, it'll do. This is the crisis fyi. Unless you think that setting a precedent of "supreme justices never get nominated unless the president and senate are from the same party" is no big deal.
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foot posted:Other reminder:
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:It's a good day.  It always feels tasteless to celebrate any person's death anywhere, but Scalia was such a shithead who worked so hard to stop the wheels of progress from turning in this country that I can't help but be glad to see him go.
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Reminder that Scalia was pro-torture and a big fan of tv show 24.
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This saves both public unions and the Paris Accords. Beyond that, Scalia was a terrible pile of poo poo with the jurisprudence of a diseased lizard. I'm glad he's dead, I'm going to go eat chicken and drink beer to celebrate.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:47
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I am happier about this death than I think I ever have been about a death.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:48
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straight up brolic posted:yeah but it's hard to imagine them not taking a 10 day recess over the next year. With this over their heads, they will maintain pro forma sessions. There will be no recess appointments.
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straight up brolic posted:yeah but it's hard to imagine them not taking a 10 day recess over the next year. They will make sure not to given the stakes. Also it seems that recess appointments case was over a year ago, oops.
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The day before Saint Valentines, on black history month, shortly after seeing his own dissents used against him in legalizing same sex marriages, a little man with a dark heart died. I thought karma wasn't a thing
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I hope his mourners get over it. I mean, he was so old by now.
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evilweasel posted:wasn't the Supreme Court about to issue a decision on a case on the validity of recess appointments or did that already happen The Supreme Court's getting pretty meta these days
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To everybody celebrating his death:
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Feb 13, 2016 23:49
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My day was going pretty well already, but this is a very nice pre-Valentine's day present.
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Scalia dying on my birthday, with him living long enough to see gay marriage everywhere in the country, is the closest I've ever come to believing in god
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Can the Senate really block Obama's appointee to the point where it becomes irrelevant due to the next elections? The senate republicans will say that the list of names Obama will give is unacceptable for 11 months.
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straight up brolic posted:yeah but it's hard to imagine them not taking a 10 day recess over the next year. The main argument was also that the vacancies didn't happen during the recess itself, but rather Obama sat on them until the Senate adjourned, then filled holes behind their backs while they were away. In this case Scalia dropped dead during a long recess, so if he wants to make an emergency appointment, he absolutely can. Jeb Bush 2012 posted:This is the crisis fyi. Unless you think that setting a precedent of "supreme justices never get nominated unless the president and senate are from the same party" is no big deal. That's only the case for the current polarized political climate, though. When (if?) the parties move back towards the center and start begrudgingly cooperating again, it won't be an issue.
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I'm literally grinning like an idiot. What a wonderful day!
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11 months of bullheaded obstructionism by the GOP in an election year
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RIP in peace Mr Skullia, you're with Thatcher now. I hope that making GBS threads out your entire insides only took a few hours before you finally passed.
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He worked tirelessly to restrict my right to marry who I choose, live and work in peace, and give my children a better world than the one I grew up in, but I refuse to be happy about his death. He certainly would've been happy with mine, and I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of returning the favor. Rest in peace, Scalia.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:55
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I'm hoping Obama nominates a series of ridiculous liberal caricatures, to give cover for Hillary's eventual center-left nominee.
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I hope Trollbama takes over and just nominates complete joke candidates. Supreme Court Justice Nominee, Jon Stewart
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Sydin posted:
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didnt Scalia also make some really weird comments about prisoners working out in prison
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Fojar38 posted:11 months of bullheaded obstructionism by the GOP in an election year Well the thing is, everyone is gambling now. If the senate obstructs any and all Obama nominations, then they're gambling hard that they'll have control of the presidency/Senate come 2017 to push through a conservative justice. Otherwise it's in their best interest to use the leverage they have now to bargain for a compromise seat. Likewise, Obama's gambling that the dems will win big in the election, because if he thinks they'll lose he should be playing ball with the senate. If he thinks they'll win, he can just keep giving the Senate liberal hippie candidates forever knowing their clock is running out. So really the only way anything is happening is if both parties think they're going to lose.
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Hollismason posted:Reminder : Apoplexy posted:"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." - Some loving corpse.
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I hope Westboro Baptist protests his funeral.
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Apoplexy posted:"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." - Some loving corpse. That's some warhammer 40k poo poo right there. 
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Could this dude be Obama's choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Srinivasan
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I have no shame about feeling happy this day. Scalia was on vacation, presumably with friends and family, when he died peacefully at the end of a long life. That's pretty much the best death you can hope for as a human. Plus, he's a poo poo stain on the pages of humanity, and the world is a better place without him.
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So how many horrid decisions that were going to be 5-4 are now going 4-4?
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Discendo Vox posted:The senate can stop that with pro forma sessions, so it probably won't happen. I don't think so, this was what that whole debate was about regarding recess appointments. Scalia passed away in a actual recess.
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Kevyn posted:Could this dude be Obama's choice How did that guy get through the Senate 97-0? Edit: And I'd say that about anyone Obama nominated...even Zombie Reagan.
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I like how they knew something was up when he missed breakfast. "Woah, Scalia skipped waffles? Call 911"
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