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Ärende: Liberal USSC Coming
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Hello Everybody,

Spouting nonsense is still nonsense -

Earl Croasmun -> Dale Shipp was thinking very hard :

 >> The talking heads surfaced a possibility of a circuit court judge (one
 >> step below supreme court) who was nominated by Obama and had a unanimous
 >> vote for confirmation in the Senate.  I did not catch the name, but they
 >> were touting that judge as being a viable candidate.
 >> I believe that it does not matter what Obama does -- the republican
 >> majority Senate will not allow a vote to even occur.

 EC> I don't know.

Bull.

 EC> The loonies in the party want to shut down the government over much
smaller
 EC> things.

Every single loon (all of them Republicans) running for president
has vowed not to allow a vote for confirmation to be held.  And
the Republican leadership in the Senate has vowed to refuse to even
consider the thought of allowing such a vote to take place.

 EC> Putting someone on the Supreme Court, maybe for the next thirty years, is
 EC> huge by comparison. It will be an ugly fight.

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan (a Republican) nominated Kennedy
to sit on the US Supreme Court.  The US Senate, which was controlled
by Democrats at the time, allowed a vote, in a timely manner, and
confirmed the nomination.

It was not an ugly fight.  The President did his job, the Senate
did theirs.  Both parties fulfilled their duty and obligation to the
American people, upholding and defending the US Constitition.

But that is not what we have today.  Republicans are shirking
their duties and responsibilities so that they can grab power for
themselves, regardless of the cost to the American people.  They
care not one whit about the US Constitution or the American people,
as shown by their own actions.

Here is what I wrote the other day in the DEBATE echo -

Before Antonin Scalia's body was cold, Republicans had already
begun shirking their Constitutional responsibilities, stating their
refusal to confirm any new Justice nominated by President Obama -

"The American people should have a voice in the selection of
their next Supreme Court Justice.  Therefore, this vacancy should
not be filled until we have a new [Republican] President."
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Never mind the fact that Justice Antonin Scalia was one of the gang
of five who had appointed George W. Bush as pResident in Bush v Gore.
The vote of the American people did not count in that election.  And
neither did the vote of the electoral college.  Only the votes of
those justices sitting on the US Supreme Court counted for anything.

"What is less than zero?  The chances of Obama successfully
appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia."
- Conn Carroll, spokesman for Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who sits
on the Judiciary Committee

"Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, and the
nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next [Republican] President
names his replacement."
- Ted Cruz (R-TX), candidate for president

Marco Rubio, another Republican candidate for president, echoed
the same sentiments as Cruz, saying he wanted the "next [Republican]
president" to nominate a Scalia replacement.

The President has a Constitutional duty and responsibility to fulfill.
President Obama has publicly stated his intention to carry out that
Constitutional responsibility, and nominate a new justice for the
Supreme Court in due time.  It will not be a long wait, as I fully
expect that nomination to come before the end of this month.

The Senate has a Constitutional duty and responsibility to fill
vacancies in a timely manner, which means as soon as possible.

The President and the Senate owe this to the American people.
They work for us, the American people.  Not the other way around.

But it seems the Republican leadership of the Senate has forgotten
all about that.  Responsibility means nothing to them.  All they want
is power.  Power for themselves - to do with as they want.

Shirking Constitutional duties and responsibilities is cowardice.

Kenny Rogers was right -

Ted Cruz is the coward of the county.
Marco Rubio is the coward of the county.
Mike Lee is the coward of the county.
Mitch McConnell is the coward of the county.
Every Republican Senator who shirks his/her
duty is the coward of the county.

sig

- the only thing I would change in this message
is rather than "coward of the county" would be to
write "cowards of the country".

--Lee

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