The Scalia Debate

Antonin Scalia was the most brilliant Supreme Court jurist in my lifetime, no one even came close to emulating this gifted man. Having said that, what do we do now that he is gone? We now have a divided government. The liberals rant and rave that they have every right to nominate a jurist to replace Scalia and, of course, they do. Is anyone arguing that fact? However, the republican majority in the senate has every right, and obligation, to reject any far right ideologue that Obama might nominate. In fact, they have a moral obligation to do so. The consent part of this constitutional arrangement seems to have been lost on the drive-by media. Donald Trump is now leading in the poles for the republican nomination. Trump is leading because a sizable number of republicans are sick to death of the "go along to get along" policies proposed by the liberal minority in the congress and ultimately supported by the cry-baby republicans in both bodies. Yes, these fools actually cry in public. We simply cave at every turn in the road, have been doing so for decades. This foolishness must stop if we are to have any chance of saving our country. A sizable segment of the population understands this and will support Trump "come hell or high water" irrespective of his childish demeanor and crude remarks. Now back to Scalia's replacement. The republican majority in the senate must resist any attempt of Obama to stack the court with yet another liberal anti-constitutional witless-wonder. The simplest way to accomplish this goal is for Mitch McConnell simply to refuse to bring any or all of Obama's nominees to the floor. This is certainly his right as leader of the chamber. Let liberal buffoons like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed and and Chuck Schumer scream and holler like stuck pigs. If we do not win the presidency in November, well, that's a whole different kettle of fish, a pretty smelly one at that.