Reply To: Justice Antonin Scalia

1. Exactly the point. Since it isn’t happening the nomination needs to be rejected.

2. Obama will not be nominating anyone who isn’t a liberal/left-wing activist judge. So the point is moot. The Senate needs to reject the nomination.

The Republicans are unlikely to lose the Senate (plus the presidential elections). And even if they might, it is worth the risk of rejecting the nomination this year. Obama’s nomination is unlikely to be much better than Clinton’s. And the Republicans may be able to control the appointment next year, as an upside.

Considering the stakes at hand, an appointment that can last 30 years and flip the court to full liberal control now, it would be extremely foolhardy for Republicans to give this to Obama.