Republicans do Constitution a disservice by denying Supreme Court nomination

Republicans in Congress have said the next Supreme Court justice should not be nominated until a new president is elected and have vowed not to approve any nominations put forward by President Obama.

We asked readers whether President Obama should nominate a Supreme Court justice to fill Antonin Scalia's seat, following the U.S. Senate leadership's promise not to give a hearing for the nominee.

Mr. Portman of Cincinnati is not on the Senate Judiciary Committee that would hold confirmation hearings.

"Reality is sinking in for voters in both parties that the next president will likely appoint two or three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, which will impact our nation for decades to come", he said. That panel is responsible for considering Supreme Court nominees. Currently, the court is composed of three Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent, Jaynee LaVecchia, who is unaffiliated with either party. Precisely because lame-duck presidents have usually been atypically concerned with their nominee's character and legal competence and ability, it is not at all surprising that more of their appointees go on to greatness on the court. He said the process usually takes several months. Since its ratification, the Constitution has allowed for the Supreme Court to be largely above the political fray, yielding at times despicable decisions but somehow allowing this country to still thrive 228 years later.

She now sits on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals which covers much of middle America, including: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Siegel has served as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice and as an assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of NY.

"There's a reason for having this tradition of not nominating somebody in the middle of a presidential election, because it gets so political".

Some commentators and politicians have suggested there is a "tradition" of holding Supreme Court vacancies open in presidential election years.

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Justice Goodwin Liu has been an associate justice of the California Supreme Court since 2011.

"I will not stand for Chris Christie's repeated attempts to pack the court", Sweeney asserted. Since a tie would have the same effect as if the court had not even considered the case in the first place, the time and cost on such cases would be wasted. "It wasn't Republicans who were giving Democrats a rough time; it was Democrats who set up these types of situations", he said.

Republicans have harshly criticized President Obama for taking executive action which they consider beyond the scope of his powers and duties under the Constitution. Clearly corporations and unions are factions, and a strict constructionist should know that granting them the rights of individuals was judicial activism, not restraint.

That's what happens when Justices make decisions based on their personal policy preferences, or what's in their "heart", rather than on the Constitution and the law.

Given these facts, it is important to note the wise advice Justice Scalia left the nation concerning what turns out to be his own replacement.

"Around 9 p.m., the telephone rang", Ginsburg said.