Reply To: Justice Antonin Scalia

ubiq: No. I would say the Republicans should use whatever power and/or leverage they have at the time to get a conservative replacement for Ginsberg. The point about demanding a conservative replacement now for Scalia is merely as a political ploy, knowing it won’t happen with Obama. (If shockingly he does nominate a soulmate of Scalia, then by all means let the Senate confirm it.)

I have no doubts or illusions that the Democrats would play the same political hardball had the situation been in the reverse. The Republicans shouldn’t be stupid now and kneel over for an Obama appointment when the Democrats will never do that in the (past or) future when they control the Senate.