SCOTUS justice Scalia dead.

[Clayton_Wetter]

They better hope the Donald can beat Bernie or Hillary or the pick could be worse.

No problem you can ignore the carnage and go the the races. lolololol

[balljoint]

Obama nominates Jewish judge, Merrick Garland, to Supreme Court

NEW YORK (JTA) – President Barack Obama nominated to the Supreme Court a Jewish judge, Merrick Garland, who is currently the chief of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Garland, 63, a Chicago native, has worked in Washington since the 1970s, first as a Supreme Court clerk, then a private lawyer, an assistant U.S. attorney and, since 1997, a federal judge.

Obama made the announcement on Wednesday morning in the White House Rose Garden about his pick to fill the Supreme Court seat held by Antonin Scalia, who died last month. Republicans have vowed to block any Obama nominee, saying the vacancy on the nation’s highest court should be filled by the next president. The U.S. Senate, which is controlled by a Republican majority, must confirm any Supreme Court pick.

“As President, it is both my constitutional duty to nominate a Justice and one of the most important decisions that I — or any president — will make,” Obama said in an email message sent Wednesday saying the announcement would be made at 11 a.m. “I’ve devoted a considerable amount of time and deliberation to this decision. I’ve consulted with legal experts and people across the political spectrum, both inside and outside government. And we’ve reached out to every member of the Senate, who each have a responsibility to do their job and take this nomination just as seriously.”

Garland was named to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit by President Bill Clinton in 1997 and became chief judge in 2013. He reportedly was on Obama’s short list for a place on the Supreme Court when a seat opened up in 2009, but Obama ultimately nominated Sonia Sotomayor.

Garland is a graduate of Harvard Law School and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. In 1987, he married fellow Harvard graduate Lynn Rosenman in a Jewish ceremony at the Harvard Club in New York. Rosenman’s grandfather, Samuel Rosenman of New York, was a state Supreme Court justice and a special counsel to two presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Garland’s father, Cyril Garland, was born in Omaha but hailed from a Latvian Jewish immigrant family. He ran an advertising business out of the family home and died in 2000. Garland’s mother, Shirley Garland, who is still living, at one point served as director of volunteer services at the Council for Jewish Elderly in Chicago.

If confirmed, Garland would be the fourth Jewish justice on the nation’s highest court, which is comprised entirely of Jews and Catholics. The three current Jewish members of the Supreme Court are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elana Kagan and Stephen Breyer.

After finishing his Supreme Court clerkship in 1979, Garland became a special assistant to the U.S. attorney general before joining the Washington law firm Arnold & Porter. He later served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and a deputy assistant attorney general until his appointment as U.S. circuit court judge. Clinton first nominated him in 1995, but the Republican-controlled Senate dragged its feet on confirming him. After Clinton won reelection in 1996 he renominated Garland, and the judge was confirmed in March 1997 by a 76-23 vote in the Senate.

http://www.jta.org/2016/03/16/news-opinion/united-states/obama-to-name-jewish-federal-judge-to-supreme-court

[Clayton_Wetter]

What a cop out. Biden was wrong and these guys are wrong as well. They are so for the constitution until it doesn't fit their agenda and I'm talking about both sides what a bunch of hypocrites. And everyone wonders why Donald has so many people behind him. No where in the constitution does it state you can not nominate or confirm in a election year. WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES

By the way there is no such Rule

You know what? As the master of all hypocrites, yourself, you have no room to pin that word on people period. Especially when the word doesn't even apply. What is hypocritical about doing the right thing? Why would any party say, sure put your Commie/Socialist nominee on the Supreme Court (Well Democrat Party excluded) and take the rights away from the people that voted us in to stop it. Sure take our guns rights away and declare amnesty for 18 million illegal aliens. And please keep our borders open forever so that our culture is destroyed and the two party system is destroyed also. Do you ever reason any of this stuff out, or is the world of reality too much to face?

Now tell us, just what is hypocritical about any of that?

[kidrock]

Garland opposes the 2nd amendment and will vote for the CPP. Guaranteed.

From what I read there's nothing to back that up but, thats why they should have hearings to find that out and if he does then no he should not be nominated but, this is all for not because the chicken chit republicans in the senate.

[balljoint]

Garland opposes the 2nd amendment and will vote for the CPP. Guaranteed.

[kidrock]

Kid, the guy is not moderate, he's liberal, he's also a Chicago crony... how do you not see that?

What you think just because he's from Chicago he's a crony. Tell me what he has done that's so crooked just one. I will be waiting. Why did Orrin hatch say he was a good guy and nominated in to DC DISTRICT JUDGE and now say he's not a good guy. Both sides are hypocritical.

[D. Tidrow]

He was the only one that wanted a review of the heller case, not to mention his certain religious background.

You can attack me all you want, but this guy is liberal all the way through. Wake up people, culture Marxism is happening in the US. Look at Europe and Germany, mass immigration is coming! All you liberals question political correctness and diversity. What's that mean but anti-white.

[D. Tidrow]

Kid, the guy is not moderate, he's liberal, he's also a Chicago crony... how do you not see that?

He was the only one that wanted a review of the heller case, not to mention his certain religious background.

[mudslinger47]

Isn't funny how you can get different opinions. The ones I have read said he is center to right.

Always check your sources... they'll be left leaning publications... go read his rulings on Wikipedia

[mudslinger47]

What a cop out. Biden was wrong and these guys are wrong as well. They are so for the constitution until it doesn't fit their agenda and I'm talking about both sides what a bunch of hypocrites. And everyone wonders why Donald has so many people behind him. No where in the constitution does it state you can not nominate or confirm in a election year. WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES

By the way there is no such Rule

Kid, the guy is not moderate, he's liberal, he's also a Chicago crony... how do you not see that?

[kidrock]

It's BECAUSE of the Constitution that we have to be careful who we put on the court. I've done some research on this guy and he shows by past rulings he would lean left of center. NEVER trust obama.................never.

Isn't funny how you can get different opinions. The ones I have read said he is center to right.

[formercrewguy]

It's BECAUSE of the Constitution that we have to be careful who we put on the court. I've done some research on this guy and he shows by past rulings he would lean left of center. NEVER trust obama.................never.

[kidrock]

Kid, they are abiding by the Biden Rule.... you can not vote on a JOTSC during the last year of an administration... Democrats set up the rules, Republicans are just using them.... that's why we always say be careful what you wish for...it may come back and bit ya on the butt.

What a cop out. Biden was wrong and these guys are wrong as well. They are so for the constitution until it doesn't fit their agenda and I'm talking about both sides what a bunch of hypocrites. And everyone wonders why Donald has so many people behind him. No where in the constitution does it state you can not nominate or confirm in a election year. WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES

By the way there is no such Rule

[mudslinger47]

On a side note, Limbaugh said today, if Obama wants his SC nominee, Paul Ryan aught to tell him, you indict Clinton, you got your justice nominee... LOL Now, would obummer do that? LOL Who knows... we know obummer has a pretty high opinion of himself.... not so much about anyone else.....LOL

[mudslinger47]

Obama announces his pick for Supreme Court and on Fox News Neil had Orrin Hatch on and he says he's not against the person but, he's against the system because the system does not work very well. I mean WTF. So the systems been flawed up until now REALLY. NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE SO FEED UP WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT. They have created the rise of Donald a Trump .

The person Obama picked is a more centered right person. He has had praised on both sides of the isle and if we don't watch it and Hillary gets elected look out. You watch if Hillary gets elected they will be scrambling to approve him and it won't matter if it's the last month of a election year or not.

Kid, they are abiding by the Biden Rule.... you can not vote on a JOTSC during the last year of an administration... Democrats set up the rules, Republicans are just using them.... that's why we always say be careful what you wish for...it may come back and bit ya on the butt.