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mojo84 wrote:Obama is about to discuss this. I'm anxious to see how her handles this. I hope he surprises me.

No surprises. He will be ruthless in pushing a nominee.

SIRIT wrote:This is sad to hear. While I am not a conservative I feel the balance the court is in now is more beneficial to the nation than if it were to be heavy on the liberal side. I do side with the liberal side of politics's especially on social issues (except @2A) I fear what will happen when cases of financial matters and obviously 2A come before the Supreme Court.

A year is a long time and I doubt the republicans can postpone it that long. I don't think it would be good for Obama to pick but it might be worse if Hillary gets elected.

She would appoint Obama in repayment for getting her out of the prison term for her reckless acts involving national security.

What a loss for America. Obama will no doubt bull head a nominee. Truth be told it is his right to do so. I haven't researched how long it takes to fill a vacancy but I am very concerned that one year is a very unlikely amount of time. Probably much sooner. I have a hard time believing that repubs can hold out the long. The hope we have is that in this election we vote Cruz in to office and he will likely also have the opportunity to appoint a couple of justices. Hopefully no damage is done in the meantime. Gotta admit, Obama has been a very successful president. He has imposed his will on this nation in many respects. This appointment may be his final act towards his legacy of destruction of the US.