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Justice Antonin Scalia reported dead at age 79 -- (link)

Posted by sgtmike Feb 13 '16, 13:52

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/article/Senior-Associate-Justice-Antonin-Scalia-found-6828930.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop (www.mysanantonio.com)

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Huge. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:13 6
- Election year, potentially a liberal court, and maybe (depending on stall) Obama's 3rd. -- nm - MDH Feb 13, 14:15 4
  - it would be political suicide to block an appointment before the election - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:18 3
    - Have you met the current GOP? -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 14:19 2
      - Hillary would *kill* them with it -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:19 1
        
        This makes me more nervous about the election now. Conservatives will panic and be out in droves at the election. Could boost Rubio. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 14:20
- bigger - mr plow Feb 13, 14:14
holy crap -- nm - Max Feb 13, 14:13
CNN is reporting it -- nm - zork Feb 13, 14:11
I know it is bad form to shit on the freshly dead, but good riddance. - TWuG Feb 13, 14:09 3
- I'd assume half of ST is fist-pounding. You're not the only one. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 14:10 2
  - I am trying to avoid talking politics for now. He just died and I can't celebrate him dying no matter how much I despised him. - Krusty Feb 13, 14:15 1
    - Embrace the hate. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 14:17
I didn't realize he had been on the court for 30 years. So much damage to be undone. -- nm - GregW Feb 13, 14:08 1
- He was a Reagan appointee. and was confirmed 98-0. - Tim Feb 13, 14:12
Fox News has it. Holy shit. -- nm - MDH Feb 13, 14:07 1
- i do not envy Mitch McConnell right now -- nm - mr plow Feb 13, 14:10
If true, this is gigantic news. Wow. -- nm - MDH Feb 13, 13:58 10
- Looks legit. RIP. -- nm - Inigo Feb 13, 14:00
- astoundingly important if so -- nm - mr plow Feb 13, 13:59 8
  - Obama's legacy FTW -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 14:00 7
    - the outcomes of the climate change and immigration cases likely flip instantly -- nm - mr plow Feb 13, 14:01 6
      - I will be mildly surprised if the Senate can be forced into confirmation before November. Close enough to the election that... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:16 2
        
        i dare them to try -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:19 1
        
        Of course you do, but then you're not a moderate Democrat, are you? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:32
      - Was the Administration the defense in those? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:15 1
        
        seeking to overturn the Texas district court's injunction against Obama's exec order on immigration; EPA is a defendant in the carbon emissions case -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:16
      - Expect an Obama had him killed conspiracy theory -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 14:15
only things I'm seeing on Twitter so far go to this same link. take it with a salt shaker for a few. -- nm - Tim Feb 13, 13:53 2
- Another site ... -- (link) - Krusty Feb 13, 13:55 1
  - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 13:58

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