Supreme Court

Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas are by far my favs on the Supreme Court. I was so saddened to hear that he died. And since I love conspiracy theories, perhaps murdered? I hope the Republicans remember what the Dems did in forcing thro, illegally, Obamacare. I hope they remember what the Dems did with their nuclear option, a rule change of theirs in 2013 to get approved judges they wanted. A synopsis of what happened then below:

"To overcome a GOP filibuster, Obama will need to win the support of all 46 members of the Democratic caucus and at least 14 Republicans to reach the 60-vote threshold to advance a nomination to final approval. In 2013, when Democrats were in the Senate majority, they forced a controversial rules change, invoking the so-called “nuclear option,” to allow the approval of ­lower-court judges by a simple majority. Those changes did not apply to Supreme Court nominations, which can be filibustered, and are therefore subject to the higher 60-vote threshold. Republicans were furious about the 2013 changes, and that residual anger could be a huge obstacle for any Obama nominee."

But read Matt Walsh's post on his blog, themattwalshblog.com, February 15, 2016 titled "If Republicans Let Obama Pick Scalia's Replacement, I will Leave the Party Forever." Perfectly written. I couldn't have done any better myself, but I do have a few things to say, so continue reading below, please.

About the nomination of a new judge to replace Justice Scalia, Ted Cruz said, “This is a 5-4 court. This next election needs to be a referendum on the Court. The people need to decide. We should not allow a lame duck to essentially capture the Supreme Court in the waning months of his presidency.”

And this is why I like Cruz and voted for him in the Texas Primary. He will not buckle, but is a gentleman, not a loud mouth like Trump.

He's also brilliant, "off the charts brilliant," as legendary liberal Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz said of his former student in an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer a year ago.

Dershowitz had trouble rating another former Harvard student, Barack Obama, who despite multiple attempts couldn’t get into Dershowitz’s class.
“The computer kept him out,” Dershowitz said. “It wasn’t my fault.”

Ahh, the computer. 'Nuff said.