Srinivasan or Garland for SCOTUS?

[MillCreek]

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-likely-to-pick-srinivasan-or-garland-for-supreme-court-2016-3?utm_source=feedburner&amp%3Butm_medium=referral&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29&utm_content=FeedBurner+user+view

Both of them enjoy a solid reputation in legal circles, and Garland has more years of experience on the Federal appellate bench. 

[Perd Hapley]

No.

[Regolith]

Srinivasan is an Obama donor. So *expletive deleted*ck no on him.

I also don't trust Garland. Appointed by Clinton? Probably not a big fan of gun rights. We can't afford Scalia being replaced by an anti-gunner.

[brimic]

Nope nope nope nope.

[TechMan]

HELL NO!

[MillCreek]

Breaking news as reported by USA Today: it is Garland as the nominee.

[charby]

I'll take Garland over the unknown Clinton or Trump will put forward. Also just finished listening to Obama's address, I would rank that as one of his best addresses. I no fan of his, but I think he did an excellent job of explaining why the nomination shouldn't be blocked until the next President.

[Ben]

Interestingly,  I heard Andrew Napilitano say that this is the most conservative judge that any modern Democrat has ever nominated.  Of course Democrat and conservative are relative. 

Nevertheless,  if true,  Obama has put republicans on the spot.

[Ben]

Another interesting perspective I heard is that Obama doesn't want Garland, and that he's being used as a political pawn.

[Perd Hapley]

Garland sought en-banc review of the decision to kill the DC handgun ban, and voted to let the DOJ keep NICS records.


http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/04/the-potential-nomination-of-merrick-garland/

http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Instant-Check-Permanent-Record.htm

[Ben]

I'm guessing no matter what tactics one applies to Obama's  choice, that he has ensured a fallback so that even if his scapegoat nominee were to be confirmed, that the nominee would be fairly inline with Obama's most important issues, gun control being near the top of that list.

Given the current makeup of the SC, even a "moderate" on gun control would be severely detrimental to gun rights. Though I'm not sure that even if the nomination was made by a Republican winner in this election, that we would get anyone who is a strong constitutionalist. Take your pick of Trump or Cruz, I don't think either one could get anyone more conservative than a Roberts through the Senate.

[Perd Hapley]

Take your pick of Trump or Cruz, I don't think either one could get anyone more conservative than a Roberts through the Senate.

And when the Senate rejects Constitutionalist nominees, the president would be blamed for picking such "controversial" and "extreme" candidates.

[MillCreek]

Last time I checked, Ms. Clinton was still leading in the presidential polls.  Do people here think that she will produce a more acceptable SCOTUS candidate than President Obama?  I am not convinced of this.

[makattak]

Last time I checked, Ms. Clinton was still leading in the presidential polls.  Do people here think that she will produce a more acceptable SCOTUS candidate than President Obama?  I am not convinced of this.

Nope. But in this case, I'm a firm believer in democracy. The people will deserve to get whatever they vote for, good and hard.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

A justice who idolized author of roe v wade?
No thanks

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[Perd Hapley]

Last time I checked, Ms. Clinton was still leading in the presidential polls.  Do people here think that she will produce a more acceptable SCOTUS candidate than President Obama?  I am not convinced of this.

She could also lose, and we'd be stuck with a justice that doesn't believe in, ya know, justice.

If she does win, I'd like to see the Republicans simply refuse to hold any hearings for anyone she appoints, to any office. As I've said before, I like the Republicans when they're "the Party of No."

[RevDisk]

Last time I checked, Ms. Clinton was still leading in the presidential polls.  Do people here think that she will produce a more acceptable SCOTUS candidate than President Obama?  I am not convinced of this.

Care to imagine the kind of leftist candidates Sanders or Trump would put in place?

[charby]

She could also lose, and we'd be stuck with a justice that doesn't believe in, ya know, justice.

If she does win, I'd like to see the Republicans simply refuse to hold any hearings for anyone she appoints, to any office. As I've said before, I like the Republicans when they're "the Party of No."

There is a pretty good chance the Senate will go back to the Democrats in November. So much for the party of no that has managed to piss off enough people that they think Trump is the best candidate.

[lupinus]

There is a pretty good chance the Senate will go back to the Democrats in November. So much for the party of no that has managed to piss off enough people that they think Trump is the best candidate.

A big part of that reason is that instead of saying no they've said far to much yes.

[charby]

A big part of that reason is that instead of saying no they've said far to much yes.

So toss them under the bus and let other party win?

[lupinus]

So toss them under the bus and let other party win?

It's the predictable end result of being a failure and not delivering on any campaign promises. Hell, often enough accomplishing the exact opposite.

[Perd Hapley]

So toss them under the bus and let other party win?

That's why Congressional seats are only 2-6 years (and a lot of the Founders wanted the terms to be even shorter). When a representative/senator displeases the base, he may not be re-elected. Civics 101.

[T.O.M.]

There is a pretty good chance the Senate will go back to the Democrats in November. So much for the party of no that has managed to piss off enough people that they think Trump is the best candidate.

I've heard a lot of Rs in my part of the world indicating that they are staying home in November, to hell with the consequences, because they are tired of voting for a crappy candidate just because he/she has the support of the party establishment, and an "R" by their name on the ballot.  Want candidates with better qualifications than just having the R there...

[Perd Hapley]

I don't know how many people are ready to let the Republican Party sink or swim. I feel like there are a lot of us, but that's probably just because I hang out here too often. The conservatives hate the leadership of the party that claims to represent them, and vice versa, so perhaps the Grand Old Party has had its day. American politics has room for but two large parties, but we may have to entertain 3 or more until there's a realignment. Let the GOP either reform itself, or be lost to history.

[TommyGunn]

Care to imagine the kind of leftist candidates Sanders or Trump would put in place?

On the one hand, I  don't think Trump would nominate a leftie,  but  past appointments by putatively conservative presidents have proven disappointing before......so who can really say?