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JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:12 PM Feb 2016

Scalia's Replacement Likely to be Lynch

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/15/scalias-replacement-likely-to-be-loretta-lynch-analyst.html

In other words - shit just got real!


A leading Supreme Court analyst thinks Attorney General Loretta Lynch is the "most likely candidate" to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

Tom Goldstein, who runs the influential SCOTUSblog, had earlier predicted Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford would make the top of President Obama's shortlist. But in a revised blog post, Goldstein said he now believes Lynch is the leading contender.

Lynch is a "very serious possibility," Goldstein wrote. "The fact that Lynch was vetted so recently for attorney general also makes it practical for the president to nominate her in relatively short order."

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Scalia's Replacement Likely to be Lynch (Original Post) JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 OP
Please! Make it so. sheshe2 Feb 2016 #1
They just confirmed her for AG JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #3
foaming at the mouth racists and misogynist assailed would agree with them. The Polack MSgt Feb 2016 #12
LOL randys1 Feb 2016 #47
More than qualified. sheshe2 Feb 2016 #13
Oh yeah. wildeyed Feb 2016 #27
they sure did tapermaker Feb 2016 #54
"...practical for the president to nominate her in relatively Gman Feb 2016 #2
I want the fight, to be honest The Polack MSgt Feb 2016 #8
It would also be red meat to the GOP base Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #55
The Senate doesn't go actual into recess anymore. Ikonoklast Feb 2016 #21
Ok. I didn't know they still did that Gman Feb 2016 #25
One guess why. Ikonoklast Feb 2016 #40
Of course. Gman Feb 2016 #45
I love our President. C_U_L8R Feb 2016 #4
I wish he'd let Gov Siegelman out of prison. Someone else must be "trumping" him. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #17
GDP or GD please JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #30
Please The Polack MSgt Feb 2016 #5
My husband says JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #14
Yes please! nt thereismore Feb 2016 #6
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #7
Works for me. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #9
Harris is running for senate and may want to run for president JI7 Feb 2016 #11
He may nominate her, but she'll NEVER get through this Senate. It's a shame. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #10
They will look like God damned fools! JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #15
I see where you're coming from, however the threat from AA backlash doesn't motivate them in the.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #31
Makes sense jeff47 Feb 2016 #16
I want a black, lesbian Supreme Court justice. A MILITANT black lesbian Number23 Feb 2016 #18
You are going to have to settle JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #20
Who is her? randys1 Feb 2016 #48
I highly recommend this post! nt brer cat Feb 2016 #22
"Resting bitch face"????? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #34
Seriously! Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #43
Here ... It's free ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #56
Ummm....that's not exactly what I was looking for... Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #57
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #58
Lynch would be a terrific nominee. Please make this happen, Mr. President! LonePirate Feb 2016 #19
This would really put the screws to the GOP Z_California Feb 2016 #23
She would be a stellar choice for so many reasons! Spazito Feb 2016 #24
Love it BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #26
I hope not. mr_liberal Feb 2016 #28
Then your buddy boys on the Right are your allies JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #32
Lets just hope Obama doesnt nominate her and mr_liberal Feb 2016 #35
Prove that she isn't qualified JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #36
You cant prove a negatvie mr_liberal Feb 2016 #38
Whatcha looking for JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #46
So in effect, you're dismissing her based on a guess. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #50
They fought her confirmation. wildeyed Feb 2016 #29
Obama nominated her JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #37
figured.... wildeyed Feb 2016 #39
She was black. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #49
I think there's zero chance President Obama nominates Lynch TeddyR Feb 2016 #33
That would make GOP heads explode, I like the idea comradebillyboy Feb 2016 #41
Really real... Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #42
That would be genius. nt SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #44
Then who would take the AG position? 2naSalit Feb 2016 #51
I doubt it. earthside Feb 2016 #52
Lynch would be a very qualified nominee Gothmog Feb 2016 #53

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
3. They just confirmed her for AG
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:17 PM
Feb 2016

In April - and they can't complain a career prosecutor is "soft"

She's qualified - and they can say she isn't - but only foaming at the mouth racists and misogynist assailed would agree with them.

sheshe2

(83,334 posts)
13. More than qualified.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:27 PM
Feb 2016
She's qualified - and they can say she isn't - but only foaming at the mouth racists and misogynist assailed would agree with them.


Sadly we have more than a few of the later you mentioned above.

However, my money is on Obama making this so...

Knockout: Why Obama Wants a Supreme Court Fight and How Republicans Blew It Before It Starts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110232882

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
27. Oh yeah.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:20 PM
Feb 2016

They shot themselves in the foot when they proclaimed they would oppose ANYONE he nominated.

 

tapermaker

(244 posts)
54. they sure did
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 02:15 PM
Feb 2016

All president Obama has to do is give old turtle face McConnell a call and inform him of his intent to use the 17 days between the end of his term and the opening of the new congress.Odds are in dems favor to win back senate , Once in place they nuke the filibuster of suprerme court justices . so the pres. would have 17 days to put any crazed, black, muslem, lesbian socialist , communist, he wants to in place.Nothing the repugs could do. even with a new rubug in the white house. If McConnell wants his way ,he is taking a HUGEEEEEE risk. Maybe he will change his mind once he sees he might not have control after the election.

Gman

(24,780 posts)
2. "...practical for the president to nominate her in relatively
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:16 PM
Feb 2016

short order."

Like a recess appointment before Feb 22 while the Senate is in recess.

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
8. I want the fight, to be honest
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:22 PM
Feb 2016

It would be nice to get things done quickly and quietly for a change. I can't argue against that...

I just believe forcing the Republicans to once again show how vile they truly are is worth it in an election year

Deny and Shred

(1,061 posts)
55. It would also be red meat to the GOP base
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

"Obama done thwarted the Constitution. We didn't even get to vote on the Supreme Court nominee."

The "we was robbed" theme would be non-stop, and probably effective. I like the idea of a fight. Let them stonewall through Nov. They won't look good for it.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
21. The Senate doesn't go actual into recess anymore.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:40 PM
Feb 2016

They schedule pro forma sessions when not in actual session so as to avoid any recess appointments.

C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
4. I love our President.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:18 PM
Feb 2016

Especially when he trumps Republican checkers with three dimensional chess.
Game on!

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
5. Please
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:18 PM
Feb 2016

Please do this the minute the Senate opens their next session.

I would make the good popcorn, big iron pot on the stove - not a bag in the microwave - for that party.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
9. Works for me.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:22 PM
Feb 2016

I was rooting for Kamala Harris, who's a few years younger, and thus might stay on the bench longer, but there's not that much difference in age between the two.

JI7

(89,173 posts)
11. Harris is running for senate and may want to run for president
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:26 PM
Feb 2016

In the future. So SC would not be a good place for that.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,207 posts)
31. I see where you're coming from, however the threat from AA backlash doesn't motivate them in the....
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:27 PM
Feb 2016

same way as if it were a Latino nominee. Sad, but true. I just don't see OUR electorate applying the same kind of pressure that the Latino community would. When the Sotomayor nomination came, the Latino community was prepared to go to war with the GOP. That being said, I just heard a commentator on NPR observe that there are many more competitive Republican Senate seats this election cycle, and out of 8 of those seats, the president won those 6 states in '08 & '12.

I'm hoping the president nominates someone that the whole Democratic tent will get behind, and if that's Lynch, then I'm all in. I would love to see a black woman on the highest court in the land to counteract Clarence Thomas, but I don't know if it's strategically/politically calculated enough. If the next president is a Democrat, he/she may make 3 or 4 appointments, and I hope to Gawd almighty that at least one of them is black.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
16. Makes sense
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:30 PM
Feb 2016

She's a very good nominee. And also has a current position where a long, drawn out confirmation battle won't be an enormous burden. She can keep doing her work as AG while the Senate fiddles, and practical issues (ie. need to be in DC a bunch for hearings) aren't a problem.

And her relatively recent confirmation makes that fiddling look bad.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
18. I want a black, lesbian Supreme Court justice. A MILITANT black lesbian
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:34 PM
Feb 2016

Somebody whose Resting Bitch Face is surpassed only by their command of the law.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
20. You are going to have to settle
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:36 PM
Feb 2016

For Stephen. Her husband. But I've seen her do a brilliant resting bitch face!😁

Z_California

(650 posts)
23. This would really put the screws to the GOP
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:42 PM
Feb 2016

They can't make up a bunch of BS because they already cleared her for AG.

 

mr_liberal

(1,017 posts)
28. I hope not.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:20 PM
Feb 2016

We have no idea where she stands on important issues. She has not track record on free speech, church/state etc.... She could turn out to be bad or just mediocre on civil liberties.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
32. Then your buddy boys on the Right are your allies
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:28 PM
Feb 2016

You need to pressure them to give her a hearing. Then you can find out.

 

mr_liberal

(1,017 posts)
35. Lets just hope Obama doesnt nominate her and
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:35 PM
Feb 2016

nominates someone more qualified and who we can be certain will be good on civil liberties.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
36. Prove that she isn't qualified
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:45 PM
Feb 2016

Let me guess - your candidate would do better?

We know how she is on Civil Rights - witness her ass whooping on Ferguson.

What is your REAL concern?

Start the attack from the left. Go ahead.
 

mr_liberal

(1,017 posts)
38. You cant prove a negatvie
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:59 PM
Feb 2016

Prove that she is.

Whats her philosophy about the Bill of Rights? We have no idea. She's just been a prosecutor and the AG. I doubt she has even thought much about it. If you have evidence Id like to see it, maybe ill change my mind. You dont though, you just like the politics of a black woman. Thats not a good reason for a supreme court nomination.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
46. Whatcha looking for
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 07:50 PM
Feb 2016

Whether or not all the banksters should be thrown in jail and if Snowden should be given a hero's welcome home?

I like the education, career, and stellar character of the A.G.

She happens to be a black woman.

A bad assailed one. Get used to it.

And yep - this is the African American Group.

We celebrate accomplished black folks in here just as, we do in our homes.

Out there- it's target practice on us. She gets that. She will assure voting rights for black people. And the Right to abortion. And defend ACA. And marriage equality.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
50. So in effect, you're dismissing her based on a guess.
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 12:59 PM
Feb 2016

So in effect, you're dismissing her based on a guess you are unable to support with evidence. Seems rather irrational... but I expect that from people.

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
29. They fought her confirmation.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:23 PM
Feb 2016

Why? I forget. I can't pay attention because they fight everything, even when there is no good reason.

 

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)
33. I think there's zero chance President Obama nominates Lynch
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:32 PM
Feb 2016

And even less that she'd be confirmed. She may be qualified but is too divisive. I'm not sure ANY Obama nominee will be confirmed, but this senate won't confirm Lynch.

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
51. Then who would take the AG position?
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 01:12 PM
Feb 2016

She just got there and is just getting started in cleaning up what Holder wouldn't touch. I like here where she is as I like Elizabeth Warren where she is. Amy Klobuchar (Sen.D-MN) said the same last night to Rachel Maddow, she likes the job she has in the Senate and wants to continue to work in that position since there is so much to do and she just got started.

I think there are other choices who would serve us well, we just need to do our homework and help the process along.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
52. I doubt it.
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 01:20 PM
Feb 2016

Lynch is a part of the Obama administration.

This would give the Repuglicans free rein to use any hearings (if they have any) to go far afield and question all kinds of things about the actions and policies of the Justice Department.

Why would Obama do that? Why would he give the Senate Repuglicans a green light to play politics?

The best choice will still be someone highly qualified who is at least somewhat removed from the administration.

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