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Put his body in a special electromagnetic trap and use the Black Hole where his heart should be to power America forever.
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I'm glad he's dead and I hope there's a hell where he can burn. gently caress him, the country will be better without him.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:35
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Good riddance
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So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now?
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where were you when you heard Scalia was dead? I was pooping, which seems incredibly appropriate, in retrospect
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? Why?
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? Not until Hillary wins.
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Good stuff.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? You could say its a FINAL Crisis.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:37
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Huge and gently caress that homophobic rear end in a top hat wow.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? No.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? nah, we've had long stretches of the court not being at full length before. First few Nixon nominees, last of Reagan's stint off the top of my head
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Feb 13, 2016 23:37
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As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much He was a rude boy who did bad stuff.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:38
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congress drags obama's appointment out until he's out of office bernie wins bernie puts obama onto the bench 
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Feb 13, 2016 23:39
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much Big fan of the Lochner era.
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Reminder :quote:When the Senate is in recess, a president may make temporary appointments to fill vacancies. Recess appointees hold office only until the end of the next Senate session (less than two years). The Senate must confirm the nominee for them to continue serving; of the two chief justices and six associate justices who have received recess appointments, only Chief Justice John Rutledge was not subsequently confirmed.
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/us/with-remarks-in-affirmative-action-case-scalia-steps-into-mismatch-debate.html quote:In an awkward exchange in Wednesday’s potentially game-changing Supreme Court arguments on affirmative action, Justice Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go to “a slower-track school where they do well” than to go to a highly selective college, like the University of Texas, through some form of racial preference. one of probably several thousand examples.
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My dinner party erupted into a spontaneous hugfest with smiles all around and there was only one half-American present. Love truly is in the air tonight.
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/politics/scalia-black-scientists-scotus/ One recent example.
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much Reactionary Supreme Court justice who in his dotage started sounding more and more like a Fox News talking head. Notable for his seemingly very personal animus against gay people and his willingness to shameless shred even his own precedents to give the GOP what it wanted.
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was Scalia the one that had the quote about just because this guy didn't do the crime doesn't mean that he wasn't sentenced appropriately by the law?
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Yasser Arafatwa posted:congress drags obama's appointment out until he's out of office Only problem is that the Democratic Party has to win control of the Senate as well.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:So, uh, I guess we have a constitutional crisis now? 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.
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Defenestration posted:was Scalia the one that had the quote about just because this guy didn't do the crime doesn't mean that he wasn't sentenced appropriately by the law? Yes.
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Abu Dave posted:As someone who doesn't pay attention to american politics can someone tell me why this old white man was hated so much He represented the hard ideological right on the bench. With a dittoer on the court like Thomas having an ideologue like Scalia on the court was only further amplified. He has been a bulwark to social progress for decades.
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Looking forward to everyone in the media talking about what a great guy Scalia was for the next couple of days.
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I'm pretty sure the Senate is in Recess right now which would mean Obama can appoint someone as to fill a vacancy.
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Hollismason posted:Reminder :  Do it Obama.
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I agree he was handsome
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It's a good day. I don't normally like being happy when even an odious person dies but god drat this is one day I can't contain myself
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Fojar38 posted:He lived juuuuuuust long enough to see gay marriage legalized everywhere. And with any luck, getting trolled on that is what finally pushed him over the edge. I'm just a humble internet sociopath, but it seems to me no one should be particularly sad about this. I'm sure it's horrible for his loved ones, and they have my sympathy, but the man was a craven shill and had no problem loving over millions of people without even the veneer of internal consistency. The United States was just made a nicer place solely by this.
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I hate to celebrate the death of anyone, but I think a sizable portion of the population will sigh relief at Scalia's passing and his subsequent inability to spread bile vis a vis Supreme Court decisions any longer. The bad news is, though, Scalia will probably take aim at replacing King Yama's position of judging the dead who pass on to the afterlife, so it'll be rough for those of us going into the skeleton and/or ghost phase of our (un)lives. 
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Defenestration posted:was Scalia the one that had the quote about just because this guy didn't do the crime doesn't mean that he wasn't sentenced appropriately by the law? The quote you usually hear is a false attribution, but it is a fair description of his jurisprudence. Or at least, was. G'bye, Tony!
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Hollismason posted:Reminder : Other reminder: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/supreme-court-recess-appointments-108347
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Isn't the Supreme court basically going to be 8 people, then 7, then 6 etc? If the Senate can stick their fingers in their butts and refuse any nominations when Obama has a year left, is there any reason to think they'll ever accept a Democratic nomination to the Supreme Court ever again?
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wasn't the Supreme Court about to issue a decision on a case on the validity of recess appointments or did that already happen
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Shakugan posted:Isn't the Supreme court basically going to be 8 people, then 7, then 6 etc? If the Senate can stick their fingers in their butts and refuse any nominations when Obama has a year left, is there any reason to think they'll ever accept a Democratic nomination to the Supreme Court ever again? The fact that they'll probably lose the Senate if they lose the Presidency.
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Wow "“I don’t think,” Mr. Scalia said, “it stands to reason that it’s a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible.” " HOw was he not removed instantly for saying something like that
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