Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court justice, dead at 79

[james_davis_nicoll]

Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court justice, dead at 79

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[sean o'hara (from livejournal.com)]

Cruz and Rubio are already calling for Obama to leave the seat vacant and let the next President fill it (even though that would be the longest vacancy in court history by more than a 100% margin -- but then Cruz has already shown that he doesn't care about keeping the government functioning).

[tzaddi-93.livejournal.com]

I think the GOP is totally screwed on this one. If they become so obstructionist that the vacancy stays open until the election, they will push a lot of independents towards the Dems. , both in the presidential race and down ticket. There are 24 Republican Senators up for re-election this year, and only 10 Democrats. If they don't, they will piss off a lot of their base, which could result in a lower turnout for the GOP.

Things are going to get weird with some of the cases before the court right now, but Scalia's death is a boon for the Dems in the November election.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I can't tell any more. I think a lot of the rules that have governed US politics for the past few decades are evaporating or in flux, and while those rules were mostly terrible, it also scares the shit out of me. The United States could be an autogenocidal fascist dictatorship five years from now, or in the midst of a civil war.

[scentofviolets.livejournal.com]

Those rules are evaporating because one party is dying. Did you think the Coalition was going to go gentle into that good night? Hell no. Not the sons and daughters of the Borderers.