Antonin Scalia dead at 79.

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JWeinCom said:

thranx said:

And the senate has the power to approve or not approve suprem court justice. They should use that power as well. The president can propose who he wants, if the senate does not like them they should not approve them. And voting in a congress that is opposssed to the president is voting to take his powers away. Its the check and balances. We couldnt vote Obama out, but we could vote for people who mitigate his power by not enactiing or writing legislature that he would want. its the whole point of not having a king, but a system of checks and balances.

They absolutely should evaluate the candidates, and judge them on whether or not they think they should be in the supreme court.  I have no issue with that.  But, Senators are saying that they will refuse to accept any nomination.  It's not a case of Senators doing their job in evaluating potential candidates, it is a matter of them not doing there job of evaluating candidates.

Of course there going to say that cause no one in there right mind thinks Obama will appoint a moderate judge.And as thranx says checks and balances the Senate has the power to not approve, and the people voted them in to stop Obama not to help him.