We can all say hurrah. The man was an honest to goodness menace and stupid to boot.

but I'm thinking of making an exception...

is telling the truth. A hateful bigot who should not have been on the Court.

but always be your better self

this going to get crazier than crazy.

My bet is that the advice and consent of the Senate will delay any appointment beyond the next presidential election.

there may be a good number of 4-4 decisions this year....

What's more, we can assume the seat will remain vacant for the foreseeable future if a Democratic candidate is elected.

much as they'd like to, that's a bit too much for them to get away with. they can certainly reject the first couple of nominees until they get someone "acceptable", but they can't just leave it vacant.

They admit they plan to do it with the the Executive branch, and it looks like they may just try the same with the judicial branch. Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.

they still resent that a democratic senate said "no" to bork. great deference should be given to the president's choice of nominees, they insisted. but when it's democratic president, they're all about preventing a liberal from joining the court, and by "liberal" they pretty much mean "any nominee of a democratic president".

My first thought was horrible:

Thank God

I'm clearly destined for hell....

bracing for the real news to be verified.

Expect the Republican Senate to tie up Obama's appointment for 11 months

The worst and most partisan SCJ in US history.

This is great for the country. O

I saw it and I thought ...Is this true! It can't be! My friend George who died of HIV related illness several years ago had wanted to kill him more than anything before he died. Until the day he died, he regretted being too weak and scared to do it..... He's gone George. He can hurt us no more....

Very considerate of him to die on a Saturday.