Defying demands from leading Republicans, President Barack Obama pledged Saturday evening to nominate a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Calling Scalia a "larger than life presence on the bench" and "one of the most consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court," Obama told the nation that "today is a time to remember Justice Scalia's legacy."
"I plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time," added Obama. "There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the Senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. These are responsibilities that I take seriously, as should everyone. They're bigger than any one party. They are about our democracy. They're about the institution to which Justice Scalia dedicated his professional life, and making sure it continues to function as the beacon of justice that our founders envisioned."
Obama's comments were a thinly veiled rejection of calls by conservative activists and GOP politicians—including presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnnell (Ky.)—to leave Scalia's seat vacant until a new president takes office next year.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/obama-antonin-scalia-appointment
The animosity between Justice Scalia
and the Obama White House was well known. Scalia considered the Obama
administration to be a scourge upon the Constitutional-based tenets of
the American form of government. The Obama White House in turn privately
viewed Scalia as a legal “dinosaur” who was horribly out of place
amidst the ongoing “fundamental transformation” the Obama regime was
pushing for the country.
Scalia famously blasted the administration for such critical acts as Obamacare, illegal immigration, states rights, and executive authority.
Now Mr. Obama and his team of trusted advisers, led personally by Valerie Jarrett, are preparing to proceed with their choice to be Justice Scalia’s replacement and intend to bludgeon Republicans should the Republican-controlled Senate refuse to give that appointment the legislative light of day.
http://dcwhispers.com/barack-obama-thrilled-over-justice-scalias-death/#3wQ2zGvOOty5Ym7b.99
Scalia famously blasted the administration for such critical acts as Obamacare, illegal immigration, states rights, and executive authority.
Now Mr. Obama and his team of trusted advisers, led personally by Valerie Jarrett, are preparing to proceed with their choice to be Justice Scalia’s replacement and intend to bludgeon Republicans should the Republican-controlled Senate refuse to give that appointment the legislative light of day.
http://dcwhispers.com/barack-obama-thrilled-over-justice-scalias-death/#3wQ2zGvOOty5Ym7b.99
This is incredible! A Supreme Court Justice is found dead with a pillow over his head and NO autopsy is ordered. What funeral home embalms a body at 3:30 on a Sunday morning on a holiday weekend?
http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/scalia-found-dead-with-pillow-over-his-head
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http://gadfly01.blogspot.com/2016/02/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia.html
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