{"id":11122,"date":"2016-02-14T17:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T00:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2016-02-14T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T00:49:46","slug":"antonin-scalia-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/02\/14\/antonin-scalia-r-i-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonin Scalia, R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"

     Supreme Court Justice Anonin Scalia<\/a> passed away.\u00a0 This is indeed grave news.\u00a0 Many court cases\u00a0 such as Citizens United v. FEC and District of Columbia v. Heller were decided by a slim 5-4 majority.\u00a0 An Obama appointee would inevitably eviscerate the 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> Amendments, and may even be the death knell<\/a> of the Constitution itself.<\/p>\n

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R.I.P.<\/p><\/div>\n

     Though Sen. McConnell has already said the appointment of a new justice should wait <\/a>until the next President is inaugurated.\u00a0 However<\/a>, the pressure on “moderate” Republican Senators to approve Obama’s appointment, and for Sen. Reid to force a floor vote by discharge.\u00a0 At the very least, Obama can appoint a recess appointment since the Senate is currently in recess, and that justice can do dame this year.\u00a0 The machinations<\/a> on both sides are well under way<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     Our liberty hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n

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