Senators, #DoYourJob to fill the Supreme Court vacancy!

But as the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia makes painfully apparent, gridlock is now overtaking the court.

“There will be plenty of time for the process to move forward”, she said, adding that when a nominee emerges, senators “should carry out our constitutional duty”. Republicans want to keep the seat open until next year, when a new president takes over.

HORSLEY: And the president said he – when he talks with foreign leaders, they’re concerned by some of the rhetoric they’re hearing in the GOP primary and not just from Donald Trump but also other Republican candidates who, for example, have expressed antagonism towards Muslims or immigrants or skepticism about climate change.

The president has indicated he will submit a nomination. “(Bernie) Sanders or whoever’s nominated by the Republicans”, Grassley said.

The Supreme Court is supposed to be a nonpartisan body objectively interpreting the Constitution, but we all know that political considerations have become more obvious over the years. Andersen says it’s unlikely President Obama could nominate anyone Senate Republicans would confirm. “We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement” and claimed in interviews following the debate that he would “absolutely” filibuster any candidate Obama brought to the Senate.

In this edition of River to River, host Emily Woodbury talks with Schmidt and Andersen about the nomination process and how it may impact the ongoing presidential nominating process.

“Judge Antonin Scalia’s death not only ends a brilliant legal career, but ends a long-lived friendship that Justice Scalia and I had”, Domenici said in a statement he emailed to me this morning.

As it turns out, the Supreme Court was a major issue in that election. Scalia was, after all, more than a Supreme Court justice.

It is unclear if Obama intends to attend the private ceremony, or if he and the First Lady will visit with the public.

As others have pointed out, this vacancy favors liberals, but the next likeliest departures-Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and swing-vote Anthony Kennedy-could put the court in a very scary place if the next president is a Republican.

The White House has been looking for cracks in the Republican opposition as it deliberates on a nominee, and Grassley’s remarks to home-state reporters offered the first signs of hope.

The only difference now between Mr. Cruz and Mr. Schumer is that Mr. Schumer and his dastardly Democrats always win, and Mr. Cruz and his hapless Republicans always lose. There’s been plenty of speculation about his pick, from some suggesting popular federal court judges who have already cleared Senate confirmation to even suggestions that he nominate a sitting senator – Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Utah Republican Orrin Hatch have been suggested. Obama’s nominee could alter the court’s balance of power.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the president recommends appointments to a wide variety of positions throughout the executive branch of government as well as to the courts.