RIP Justice Scalia.  Should you be looking down on us, you'll no doubt be laughing at some of the tricky political positions that you've put the Senate in.

 

Presidential candidates who have been saying President Obama has not been doing his job are now calling for him to ignore the Constitution and not do his job, which is to nominate a replacement.  11 months is apparently not enough time to confirm one.

 

So the Senate will obstruct the nomination of next Supreme Court justice, effectively making the US public elect the next justice this fall when they choose which party to vote for.  Which is exactly what the framers of the Constitution DIDN'T want.

 

Justice Scalia would have loved the irony.

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