2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumReagan got Anthony Kennedy onto the SCOTUS in the last year of his term, why...
... do we think that Obama is not going to be able to get someone seated over 11 months.
And yes, I know that Reagan's first nominee was Bork.
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villager
(26,001 posts)...always yielding to the few, at the detriment of the many....
vi5
(13,305 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)That's why.
Lazy Daisy
(928 posts)Damn straight. That is always the first, second and third reason those f#*ktards oppose him.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)This year. Indeed, fairly soon.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)You have a lot more faith in the process than I do.
LOL.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)There will be lots of talk about balance, etc.
The whole process will be completed before July with all parties claiming victory.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)No way.
If that's the case, then it's better to wait and hope a Dem wins in November.
Joe the Revelator
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treestar
(82,383 posts)Possibly he could get someone rather moderate and for that he will go under the bus. At least someone better than Scalia, which is pretty much a given - you couldn't be to the right of Scalia without being a real nutcase.
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)Apprentice Supreme Court edition.
DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)I am worried about this.
Yea I know about the last two - but that was then, this is now. and it's post TPP
Autumn
(45,107 posts)I'm laughing at all the hair on fire the world will end if we don't elect....... 
Does the name Sonia Sotomayor ring a bell???
ShadowLiberal
(2,237 posts)Reagan didn't have an easy time getting Kennedy on the Supreme Court. He nominated two other much more conservative judges, including Robert Bork, who some conservatives still gripe about not getting on the supreme court.
