Law Scalia Died today

BKMMAFAN said:
The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the CPP until the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issues a ruling on the merits and the case is either subsequently granted or denied cert. There is no distinct position one can gather of the merits of the case from that alone (except that the 5 Justices who issued the stay MAY be skeptical of its legality).

Moreover, without having an opinion to critique (most likely regarding Administrative agency power and statutory interpretation), we can't criticize Scalia's jurisprudence on the specific issue since he didn't survive to rule on it.

Also, I'll again assert that it's very unlikely Scalia will be remembered as a monster (you compare him to Kissinger, Cheney, and Bush; all three are unlikely to be considered 'monsters'). Most Americans can't name a single justice on the SCOTUS; let alone rank an all-time worst justice list. Historians rarely vilify individual justices of the Supreme Court, and when they do, it's usually issue specific criticism.
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Historians will likely vilify the individuals most responsible for the coming climate crisis. Scalia will be in that group. Leading the way on citizens united (which might as well have been called "The Oligarchy act") which effectively prevented any last minute action the U.S. could have taken on the issue will be remembered with outrage.
 
Scalia Was Almost Never The Most Conservative Justice On The Supreme Court
With the death of Antonin Scalia on Saturday, the Supreme Court lost not only its longest-serving justice but also the most outspoken member of its conservative wing. A careful analysis of his tenure, however, shows that Scalia was almost never the most conservative justice on the court, and in fact moved leftward during the second half of his 30 years on the bench. With the exception of the 2014 term, he was usually in the majority in the court’s rulings, and the future direction of the court pivots on his replacement.
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Knew when I clicked, it was going to just say Thomas was.
 
second sight said:
New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”

“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.”


Schumer’s assertion comes as Democrats and liberal advocacy groups are increasingly complaining that the Supreme Court with Bush’s nominees – Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito – has moved quicker than expected to overturn legal precedents.





Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2007/...ew-bush-high-court-picks-005146#ixzz40HPgnYcy

Notably, when he made his remarks in 2007, Bush had about seven more months remaining in his presidential term than Obama has remaining in his.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/14/f...bush-supreme-court-nominations/#ixzz40HPxhqhe
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So set the standard going forward. They should pledge that we will block President Obama's nomination in an election year and by doing so, we pledge that if elected they will gladly not nominate a SCOTUS nominee if in the same position.

I somehow believe none of them would put their name to that pledge.
 
Lead Salad said:
Scalia Was Almost Never The Most Conservative Justice On The Supreme Court

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Knew when I clicked, it was going to just say Thomas was.
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Interesting trends:

All justices eventually trend liberal over time.

The only strongly liberal judge since Marshall and Brennen was Stephens. All four "liberals" today are only moderately so.

Conservative bloc is much further apart than liberal bloc, with 2 votes closer to moderate than closest liberal and the furthest deviation from moderate.
 
second sight said:
New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”

“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.”

Schumer’s assertion comes as Democrats and liberal advocacy groups are increasingly complaining that the Supreme Court with Bush’s nominees – Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito – has moved quicker than expected to overturn legal precedents.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2007/...ew-bush-high-court-picks-005146#ixzz40HPgnYcy

Notably, when he made his remarks in 2007, Bush had about seven more months remaining in his presidential term than Obama has remaining in his.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/14/f...bush-supreme-court-nominations/#ixzz40HPxhqhe
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Let's see if the usual suspects respond to this or avoid it like the plague.
 
The Higher Power said:
Let's see if the usual suspects respond to this or avoid it like the plague.
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That Schummer is a partisan hack? Who thinks his party is more important than his country or the constitution? Good job proving the well know.

Perhaps you should advocate politicians aspiring to be better than that, instead of making excuses for the hacks that aspire to be just as big POS as Schummer.
 
Since things are getting contentious, I'll share a less vitriolic link:
 
The Higher Power said:
Let's see if the usual suspects respond to this or avoid it like the plague.
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Were his comments about a specific open seat? (no, they weren't)
Were his comments those of the senate majority leader? (no, they weren't)
Were his comments agreed to by most other democratic senators asked? (no, they weren't)
So, to sum up, were his comments comparable to those of McConnell? Not too similar, actually.

Now, let's ask another question: Do you agree with either McConnell or Schumer?
 
Always scares me to see people so happy about someones death, a lot of you are sociopaths.
 
Some shady shit going on. Why was a pillow found over his face? Do people usually sleep like that?
 
Jonas Lite said:
Some shady shit going on. Why was a pillow found over his face? Do people usually sleep like that?
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Yes, if there's noise and they want quiet.

They also do it if they like provoking CT morons.
 
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