I still can't believe he was nominated. Approved....yes. But why even put him up there?

But, the first line in a future historical rendering of the Roberts Court will be the usurping of the Court's power by another Branch IMO.

If one is looking at the scholarship and experience to be a Supreme Court Justice there are only two serving on the bench that meets that criteria. Those are Ginsberg and Breyer. As much as I disliked his decisions ninety percent of the time Scalia was also one. I view Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Kennedy, Sotomayor, and Kagan as marginal and strictly political appointments.

for helping them steal Florida in 2000.

They figure with one more rigged election they can complete the construction of a permanent dictatorship.

...to turn the US into a Banana Republic.

'Family Values' and all that it entails.

It was used to refer to banana-producing countries that were effectively ruled by a big corporation by way of a corrupt and weak government.

..you forgot the ruling Families that call the shots.

They can't win fairly, and they know it.

Anyone who thinks the Supreme Court was bad prior to Scalia's death, wait until it is packed with a solid majority of justices who are right-wing zealots: Tea Partiers in robes.

But at least a GOP controlled government that time-machines America back to the 1920s will ignite the revolution.

And if people are so discouraged by this reversal and accept what has been done to them, then what?

The discrimination will be allowed to stand either way but if the court is split at least the issue can be brought up again later. If a majority voted to let it stand it would be settled law.