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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 13, 2016 17:21:24 GMT -5
kxan.com/2016/02/13/supreme-court-justice-scalia-passes-away/Supreme Court Justice Scalia passes awayTEXAS (KXAN) — According to a press release from Governor Greg Aboott, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has passed away. Governor Abbott released this statement on his passing: “ “Justice Antonin Scalia was a man of God, a patriot, and an unwavering defender of the written Constitution and the Rule of Law. He was the solid rock who turned away so many attempts to depart from and distort the Constitution. His fierce loyalty to the Constitution set an unmatched example, not just for judges and lawyers, but for all Americans. We mourn his passing, and we pray that his successor on the Supreme Court will take his place as a champion for the written Constitution and the Rule of Law. Cecilia and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, and we will keep them in our thoughts and prayers.”
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Post by WARLOC on Feb 13, 2016 19:33:59 GMT -5
We are doomed with this at this time. Obama now can control the Supreme Court for decades and dont forget RAHM EMANUEL could very well sit on the bench with OBAMAS WAVE OF A PEN. Then OBAMA takes over as the CHIEF OF THE UN. Are you sacred yet this can happen!!!!! All thats left is voter FRAUD to put KILLERY in and we are done PERIOD!!! Time for UNCIVIL WAR at that point. If you dont think this cant happen you need to look real deep in that there rabbit hole. Cuz the real powers are drooling over the END GAME
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 13, 2016 20:03:27 GMT -5
The kabuki theater has already begun in Mordor on the Potomac. Obama saying he will move quickly to make an appointment and McConnell saying the senate will wait until next year to confirm. With the Republicans of standing up to Obama how much faith do you have in that happening? Not that I am a conspiracy nut job but I am sure he died of natural causes...
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Post by brocktownsend on Feb 13, 2016 20:53:52 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 14, 2016 22:41:03 GMT -5
Like I said above. Natural causes and no autopsy??? H/T WRSA... www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Texas-ranch-owner-recalls-Scalia-s-last-hours-6830372.phpCibolo Creek Ranch owner recalls Scalia’s last hours in Texas"We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled," said Poindexter. "He was lying very restfully. It looked like he had not quite awakened from a nap," he said. Scalia,79, did not have a pulse and his body was cold, and after consulting with a doctor at a hospital in Alpine, Poindexter concluded resuscitation would have been futile, He then contacted federal authorities, at first encountering a series of answering services because he was calling on a weekend. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-tv-station-scalia-died-of-a-heart-attack/2016/02/14/938e2170-d332-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.htmlThe death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reportsMARFA, Tex. — In the cloistered chambers of the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia’s days were highly regulated and predictable. He met with clerks, wrote opinions and appeared for arguments in the august courtroom on a schedule set months in advance. Yet as details of Scalia’s sudden death trickled in Sunday, it appeared that the hours afterward were anything but orderly. The man known for his elegant legal opinions and profound intellect was found dead in his room at a hunting resort by the resort’s owner, who grew worried when Scalia didn’t appear at breakfast Saturday morning. It then took hours for authorities in remote West Texas to find a justice of the peace, officials said Sunday. When they did, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara pronounced Scalia dead of natural causes without seeing the body — which is permissible under Texas law — and without ordering an autopsy. As official Washington tried to process what his demise means for politics and the law, some details of Scalia’s final hours remained opaque. As late as Sunday afternoon, for example, there were conflicting reports about whether an autopsy should have been performed. A manager at the El Paso funeral home where Scalia’s body was taken said that his family made it clear they did not want one. One of two other officials who were called but couldn’t get to Scalia’s body in time said that she would have made a different decision on the autopsy. “If it had been me . . . I would want to know,” Juanita Bishop, a justice of the peace in Presidio, Tex., said in an interview Sunday of the chaotic hours after Scalia’s death at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a luxury compound less than an hour from the Mexican border and about 40 miles south of Marfa. Meanwhile, Guevara acknowledged that she pronounced Scalia dead by phone, without seeing his body. Instead, she spoke to law enforcement officials at the scene — who assured her “there were no signs of foul play” — and Scalia’s physician in Washington, who said that the 79-year-old justice suffered from a host of chronic conditions. “He was having health issues,’’ Guevara said, adding that she is awaiting a statement from Scalia’s doctor that will be added to his death certificate when it is issued later this week.
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 15, 2016 9:54:33 GMT -5
h/t Gunny G noisyroom.net/blog/2016/02/14/justice-scalia-found-dead-days-after-supremes-block-global-climate-agenda/ Justice Scalia Found Dead Days After Supremes Block Global Climate AgendaThe most conservative, Constitutionally-adherent Supreme Court Justice has passed away, in his sleep, after a night of celebratory festivities, during a hunting trip in West Texas. He was pronounced dead of natural cases, over the phone, by a justice of the peace, who had not seen or examined Atonin Scalia, and who deemed that an autopsy was unnecessary. His body was raced to an El Paso funeral home and immediately embalmed. Let’s be purely objective: at 79-years-old, he was the longest-serving Justice. He was overweight. It is being reported that he died of a heart attack. Or ‘natural causes.’ They stillhaven’t officially decided. But, of course – no autopsy needed. Let’s also not be complacently naive: Scalia was the Supreme Court’s staunchest opponent to the progressive agenda. He demolished last summer’s gay marriage ruling in a scathing 9-page dissent, admonishing the court for trampling individual states’ rights and its non-representative make-up, stating – “Take, for example, this Court, which consists of only nine men and women, all of them successful lawyers who studied at Harvard or Yale Law School. Four of the nine are natives of New York City. Eight of them grew up in east-and west-coast States. Only one hails from the vast expanse in-between.” One need only examine how the ultra-liberal Los Angeles Times derisively covered Scalia’s passing to understand the enmity with which anti-constitutional progressives viewed him. “…inside the court, his rigid style of conservatism and derisive jabs directed at his colleagues limited his effectiveness. Scalia himself seemed to relish the role of the angry dissenter. As a justice, he was the leading advocate for interpreting the Constitution by its original words and meaning, and not in line with contemporary thinking. He said he liked a ‘dead Constitution,’ not a ‘living’ one that evolves with the times.” Take a moment to ingest first-hour reactions to the news, from some of the most remorseless creatures in our society, as chronicled at Breitbart News. The jackals are licking their chops, calling for Obama to appointment a replacement of their liking immediately. Perhaps it will be an Indian-born Hindu named Sri Srinivassan. It should not be overlooked that Barack Obama’s climate change agenda, in direct collusion with the United Nations’ recent COP 21 agreements in Paris, was blocked in a 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court – just a few days ago. The Hill previously reported on the Supremes’ decision in succinct terms that clearly define its importance to the Obama cabal, United Nations, and two biggest ‘global warming’ liars in the presidential race. “The court granted the request in a 5-4 vote on Tuesday night, saying the rule was on hold until the circuit court reviews it and Supreme Court appeals are exhausted. The court’s four liberal justices dissented from the decision. The rule — the Clean Power Plan — is the main plank of Obama’s climate change agenda. It’s designed to cut carbon pollution from the electricity sector by 32 percent over 2005 levels by 2030 by assigning states individual reduction targets based on their energy mix. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement that the administration disagrees with the order, but ‘we remain confident that we will prevail’ when the rule is argued on its merits.
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 18, 2016 16:46:47 GMT -5
h/t Gunny G www.theglobaldispatch.com/the-death-of-justice-scalia-prominent-libertarians-tom-woods-lew-rockwell-and-judge-napolitano-analyze-69677/The death of Justice Scalia: Prominent Libertarians Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell and Judge Napolitano analyzeThe death of Judge Antonin Scalia last week has drawn a lot of reflection on the man, the composition of the Supreme Court and the possible effects on the Constitution. However, most thoughts and opinion have been from the Democrats and Republicans. Some prominent Libertarian thinkers also opined on the ramifications of the death of this unique justice. During an episode of the Tom Woods Show earlier this week, host Dr Tom Woods and lewrockwell.com founder, Lew Rockwell had an interesting back and forth on Scalia. Neither man agreed with all of Scalia’s decisions, particularly concerning executive power and the drug war, they warn they it will be a whole lot worse. Woods so aptly warns, “For people who are obsessed with criticizing Scalia, wait till you see his replacement and you will be begging to have him back”. Rockwell concurs, “I think he was a good man personally…he was so smart, it was nice to see somebody in Washington who was brilliant, this is not a common occurrence. “His opinions on the court, especially his dissenting opinions were just vivid and they just popped off the page, and no wonder he had the influence. “I think there’s no question that whoever, whether the Republicans do it or the Democrats do it, it’s going to be somebody far worse.” The analysis gets much better and much deeper later in the segment: LISTEN here www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1dQ65Sjpp0Another Libertarian intellectual, Judge Andrew Napolitano, who was a friend with the late Justice, penned an excellent piece today first noting his personal loss and then stating, Regrettably, in the nation, there is a sense of loss for the Constitution as well.
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 18, 2016 16:52:48 GMT -5
h/t WRSA westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/why-scalia-mattered/www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/17/randy-barnett-antonin-scalia-new-originalism-heller-second-amendment-column/80450446/Scalia restored right to bear arms: Randy BarnettSupreme Court Justice's 'new originalism' refinement led to landmark 'Heller' decision. I feel a powerful sorrow at the death of Antonin Scalia. Because he was still at the height of his powers, and showed no sign of illness or old age, his passing feels more like an assassination than a natural part of the process that claims us all. Just last fall, he visiting Georgetown Law, as he has so many law schools, to speak to and take questions from our first year students. It seems like yesterday he visited my seminar to discuss the book he co-authored, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. Not that I always agreed with him. When I argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzales v. Raich in the Supreme Court, I faced a pretty hot and hostile bench. But while his demeanor toward me was respectful, his questions were the toughest for me to handle that morning. Naturally, I was deeply disappointed when he sided with the progressives on the Court to uphold the application of the federal Controlled Substances Act to those who grew marijuana for themselves for medical purposes as authorized by state law. And in 2010, I was disappointed that he did not concur with Justice Clarence Thomas’s use of the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause to apply the right to keep and bear arms to the states. But despite our disagreements, I always respected him as a jurist who strived, however imperfectly, to put the rule of law ahead of his own political preferences. He was never the right-wing bogeyman his critics made him out to be. I will miss him, but American constitutional law will never forget him. If they make any lasting contributions at all, Supreme Court justices typically make them from the bench in their opinions — perhaps most importantly in their dissents in which they can speak with their own voice and not for a committee of their fellow justices. But Scalia made a much larger contribution to the approach to constitutional interpretation that is today called “originalism.” No single person did more to make "originalism" the constitutional theory to beat than Antonin Scalia.
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 18, 2016 18:32:02 GMT -5
Priorities were never his strong suit. Skipping funeral for Scalia but meets with Black Lives Matter and plans a trip to Cuba. I guess it shows where his loyalties are. I'm surprised he doesn't meet with the Muslim Brotherhood as well. nation.foxnews.com/2016/02/17/obama-meets-black-lives-matter-skips-scalia-funeral Obama Meets with Black Lives Matter But Skips Scalia Funeral?
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will visit the Supreme Court Friday to pay their respects as Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose but won't attend Scalia's funeral. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend the funeral on Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Scalia died on Saturday at age 79. He joined the court in 1986 and was its longest-serving justice. Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died in 2005, was the last member of the high court to lie in repose.
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