Supreme Court Justice Scalia is dead. If American democracy falls apart, and future historians look for culprits, one of the obvious choices is Justice Scalia. A hypocrite of towering proportions, he claimed to be following the original intent of the Founding Fathers, interpreting their intent to aid the Republican Party and its ideology. From the Bush v. Gore decision to gay rights to voting rights to environmental issues to health care to women’s rights to Citizens United, Scalia was always on the side of reaction, bending his legal opinions to fit his right-wing ideology.
If we lived in a normal world, President Obama would appoint a replacement and the Senate, after hearings, would approve. We don’t live in a normal world. Senate Republicans will not do their duty.
Duty and Senate Republicans are opposing concepts. They will try to stall for a full year to ensure that a newly elected Trump or Cruz will be in office to nominate a new justice. That’s the bad news.
The good news is that just about any justice of the peace from rural Arkansas would make a better Justice than Scalia.
Why do the moderators ask the candidates the question if they will confirm a new appointment should the next President be a Democrat. Since the will of the people have spoken. Are the men of their word or just another hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteI'd go with hypocrite.
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