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[…] the next few years. They will in almost all cases be judges cut from the same hardline right-wing ideological cloth as his oft touted favorite justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. And, if they choose, sit on the bench until they drop dead or are so infirm that they choose to call it quits. […]

[…] Supreme Court in the Rose Garden at the White House, March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. *President Obama on Wednesday announced his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, but the Republican leaders in Congress immediately doubled down on their decision not to hold a confirmation hearing, or even meet with the […]

[…] General, is making it clear that she does not want to even be considered for the vacancy on the Supreme Court because of the death of Antonin Scalia. As far as she’s concerned, the drama around the nomination of her – or any nominee – would be a straight up distraction from her job […]

[…] text messages, as reported by The New York Times. As we thought. Nobody’s hand went up. The clerk in question, Crystal Clanton, a graduate of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and former national field director for Turning Point USA, is set to work with Justice Thomas during the 2024-2025 term. […]

[…] film. “RBG” is told through the voices of Ginsburg’s friends, former clients, and colleagues, and includes interviews with historic figures and her family, including Gloria Steinem, Eugene Scalia, NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Lilly Ledbetter, and others. In recent years, Justice Ginsburg, now approaching her 25th year of service on the U.S. […]

[…] and his cabinet and administration team picks through. The only weapon that Democrats supposedly have to halt or at least slow down Trump say plopping an Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas type clone on the Supreme Court is the filibuster. And that’s shaky at best. However, contrary to the conventional wisdom, the Democrats are […]

[…] best,” said Samuel F. Mosteller, the Georgia president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “All he has done is pander to the far right and whatever Antonin Scalia told him to do. He has not been fair and is a one-trick pony.” Thomas may not be a primary focus in the museum, but Smithsonian […]

[…] Americans had “lost interest” in constitutional matters “I think we as citizens have lost interest and that’s been my disappointment. That certainly was something that bothered Justice Scalia, that people tend to be more interested in their iPhones than their Constitution. They’re interested in what they want rather than what is right as a […]

[…] a Democratic nominee been before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (In 2016, President Barack Obama selected Merrick Garland for a vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but the Republican-controlled Senate refused to hold hearings or act on the nomination.) Kagan joined a 5-4, conservative-liberal bench, and in the 12 years since, the […]

[…] former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and Judge Merrick Garland. Garland was the Obama choice to fill the Supreme Court seat following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Majority Leader McConnell refused to bring the nomination to the Senate citing the proximity of the nomination to the 2016 election. MORE NEWS: Pitiful and Pathetic: Here’s […]

[…] Gibson “The Martian” – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak BEST EDITING “The Big Short” – Hank Corwin “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Margaret Sixel “The Martian” – Pietro Scalia “The Revenant” – Stephen Mirrione “Spotlight” – Tom McArdle BEST COSTUME DESIGN “Brooklyn” – Odile Dicks-Mireaux “Carol” – Sandy Powell “Cinderella” – Sandy Powell “The Danish […]

[…] Obama’s judicial nominees, including his Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland, who was named to fill the vacancy left by the February 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia. In fact, McConnell actually chuckled about blocking Obama’s judicial choices during a 2018 appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity.” Under Trump’s presidency, McConnell now insists that there’s nothing […]

[…] full force of law and can reshape public policy in America for years. “The GOP and the Democrats are painfully aware with the long-term tenures of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas,” Hutchinson further notes, “that presidents and congresspersons come and go, but justices can sit on the bench until death if they choose.  There are no […]

[…] for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” Each of the four conservative justices wrote their own dissent. Justice Antonin Scalia blasted the Court’s “threat to American democracy.” “The substance of today’s decree is not of immense personal importance to me,” he wrote. “But what really astounds […]

[…] 5-4 — along party lines. If Hillary Clinton beats Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, there’s no way that the vacancy caused by the death of Antonin Scalia is filled by Neil Gorsuch. 2. This is as much Mitch McConnell’s victory as it is Donald Trump’s Trump will view the travel ban decision as […]