02-13-2016, 07:55 PM
(02-13-2016, 07:31 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: This will be quite the distraction as Republicans, justifiably, use their control of the Senate to block approval of a liberal Justice. Dems would do the same given similar circumstances, and could potentially use a filibuster if Obama doesn't nominate a Justice that is liberal enough,
Will be a hugely contentious confirmation process Scalia and two other conservative Justices were, at times, the only thing standing in the way of a Supreme Court rubber-stamping the liberal agenda.
I'd settle for a moderate who relies on the rule of law and the Constitution to make decisions.
I hope they drag it out. We don't need a moderate we need someone who will stand for the constitution.