Washington – The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate a successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia “in due time,” once the Senate returns from a weeklong recess.
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At that point, spokesman Eric Schultz says the White House expects the Senate to consider the nominee in keeping with its constitutional responsibilities.
Leading Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates have insisted that Obama leave the job of naming Scalia’s successor to the next president.
Obama said he intends to fulfill his constitutional duty to nominate another justice to fill the open seat on the nation’s highest court.
The president took about a month to nominate Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to fill earlier vacancies on the court.
The Senate is taking the week off for the Presidents Day holiday.
They absolutely should block Obama. This country can not have a mother Obama radical leftist on the bench.
Lame duck president Reagan nominated judge Kennedy for the Supreme Court 13 months before he left office. But that was ok because he was a republican. Former constitutional professor and current lame duck president Obama knows the law, and will nominate someone for the Supreme Court. It’s his obligation and duty to ensure there are 9 Justices on the Court. Or maybe republicans can’t count that high…
obama certainly smiled when he learned that he can have another effect on our country in a permanent way
Why is this news??
It’s his constitution given right.
Does anyone for a second doubt that if there would be a republican in office he wouldn’t nominate a justice?
Am I correct to say the longest we have ever gone with a short Supreme Court was about 100 days, while we have 340-something days until the next president takes office?
Obama may nominate that guy on the radio with the French name, Mark Levin, who is too ashamed of using the Jewish pronounciation. I’m sure the republicans in the Senate would reject him too.