Tag Archives: Antonin Scalia

SCOTUS Doctor: Scalia Had Several Major Ailments

So it turns out he wasn’t murdered after all. PROBABLY. From the Associated Press: A letter from the Supreme Court’s doctor says Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice’s sudden death. Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday, when he told The Associated Press there …

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Democratic National Committee Launches SCOTUS Campaign: #FillTheSeat To Advance LGBT Rights

A new video just in from the DNC: The Democratic National Committee has launched a new media campaign, #FillTheSeat, to explain why it’s so critical for Republican senators to do their jobs and allow a vote on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Each day this week, the DNC will highlight how the Republican obstruction on the vacancy in the Supreme …

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John Oliver Rips GOP On SCOTUS Vacancy [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story: On HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver ripped into Republicans for their ever-evolving reasons for trying to hold off voting on a new U.S. Supreme Court justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia. GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz established an arbitrary 80-year time frame during which he said no president ever got a hearing for a …

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HRC Calls For LGBT SCOTUS Justice

Yesterday Human Rights Campaign head Chad Griffin urged President Obama to appoint an LGBT person as Antonin Scalia’s successor. He writes: To have a representative on our nation’s highest court would send a powerful message to the millions of LGBT people who have struggled for recognition — and respect — for many decades. Today, we have other legal champions who …

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Westboro Baptist Pickets At Scalia’s Funeral

This morning members of Westboro Baptist are picketing outside the funeral of Antonin Scalia, who “well knows and understands the folly and fatality of that Catholic Monster he spent his life time nourishing and worshipping.”  Because, presumably, Scalia is now in hell with billions of other Catholics. Today’s protest is rather notable in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark 2011 …

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Mourners Leave Applesauce And Broccoli At Supreme Court In Memory Of Scalia’s Obamacare Dissents

I suppose there was no way to leave a pile of jiggery-pokery: Jars of applesauce and bouquets of broccoli were left on the steps of the Supreme Court on Friday as part of a makeshift memorial for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The unusual items became symbols of the ObamaCare debate following colorful comments from Scalia, who was the court’s …

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Scalia’s Body Lies In State At Supreme Court [VIDEO]

Hundreds of mourners lined the steps of the Supreme Court building in the last hour as the casket of late Justice Antonin Scalia was laid in state upon the pedestal that once held the body of Abraham Lincoln. Watch below. The remaining eight Justices lined up alongside the casket in the order of their seniority as a prayer was read …

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Right Wing Group Launches $1M+ Ad Campaign Against Obama Nominating Scalia’s Successor [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: It’s on. The conservative Judicial Crisis Network announced Thursday that it is spending at least $1 million on a radio, TV and digital advertising campaign that urges the Senate to block anyone President Obama nominates to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose death last week has roiled the political world. The campaign, dubbed “Let the People …

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Obama Criticized For Plan To Skip Scalia’s Funeral

From the New York Times: The White House on Thursday tried to fend off criticism of President Obama’s decision not to attend the funeral this weekend of Justice Antonin Scalia, but even some administration allies lamented the move as a missed opportunity to ease the partisan warfare that has followed the justice’s death. Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, will …

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Glenn Beck: I Didn’t Say That Thing About God Killing Scalia So Let Me Kind Of Say It Again Right Now

“As I am driving to the airport to come home I check the news. Apparently the MSM is reporting that I said ‘God killed Scalia to help Ted Cruz.’ Outrageous. What I did say is ‘perhaps God allowed Scalia to die at this time to wake America up to how close we are to the loss of our freedom.’ I …

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Reagan SCOTUS Appointee Sandra Day O’Connor: Let’s Get On With It And Name New Justice [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Wednesday said she disagrees with Republicans who want to wait to appoint a new justice until after the presidential election. “I don’t agree,” she said in an interview with Fox 10 Phoenix of Republicans who want to delay the appointment. “I think we need somebody there now to do …

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Wingnut Site: Hillary Murdered Antonin Scalia

Are you bored silly with all these “Obama killed Scalia” claims? Tired of rolling your eyes at “God killed Scalia so Ted Cruz can become president”? Well, you’re in luck because we now have another suspect. Via Liberty News: How in the world could the death of a Supreme Court justice on a remote ranch in Texas be linked to …

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DEBUNKED: The Pillow “Over Scalia’s Face”

But this won’t stop the conspiracy nuts. The Los Angeles Times reports: He was 79 with high blood pressure, and his health was deemed too precarious for shoulder surgery. Yet the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is getting the full conspiracy theory treatment. For that, the blame starts with a Texas law that allows presiding judges without medical …

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Trump Calls In To Colbert, Gets Booed For Saying Vote On Scalia’s Successor Should Be Delayed [VIDEO]

Mediaite recaps: On Tuesday night, Late Show host and South Carolina native Stephen Colbert got the opportunity to receive one such call, and in typical Colbert style, the staff rolled out a “Trump phone” complete with Donald-approved hair for the event.Colbert pushed the GOP frontrunner on his penchant for foul language on the stump, which is a tactic that Trump …

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Glenn Beck: God Killed Antonin Scalia In Order To Make Sure Ted Cruz Becomes President [VIDEO]

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Glenn Beck was on the road today and unable to host his radio program, but he did find time to call in and offer his theory about why God allowed Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia to die so close to the next presidential election. After Beck’s co-host Pat Gray wondered why God simply …

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Hate Group Leader Brian Brown Praises Antonin Scalia’s Attempts To Keep Homosexuality Criminalized

NOM president Brian Brown has penned a lengthy tribute to late Justice Antonin Scalia’s attempts to keep homosexuality criminalized in the United States. An excerpt: When the majority of his colleagues, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy, ruled in Romer v Evans that the voters of Colorado could not prohibit the granting of special rights to homosexuals, Scalia took them to …

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Scalia To Lie In State At Supreme Court Building

Antonin Scalia’s body will lie in state at the Supreme Court building on Friday. The Hill has details: Scalia’s body will be available for public viewing in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. A private ceremony at the Supreme Court will start at 9:30 a.m. Services for Scalia will be held …

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Rafael Cruz: Satan Will Destroy America If President Obama Gets To Make SCOTUS Appointment [VIDEO]

Loony tunes Rafael Cruz appeared on CBN today to tell Pat Robertson that America will surely be destroyed if Obama gets to name Scalia’s successor, adding “with that [gay marriage] decision on June 26th, the devil overplayed his hand.” Right Wing Watch reports: “We must return to the Judeo-Christian, the biblical, the constitutional foundations that this country was built upon,” …

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Wingnut Poll: 78% Say Scalia Was Murdered

From World Net Daily: At Conservative Outfitters, in an unscientific online poll, nearly 80 percent of the more than 45,000 respondents said they suspected foul play in Scalia’s death. One commenter on the site, PK Mitchell, said, “Only because they are rushing to embalm him and put him in the ground even though there are questions about his death, found …

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Maddow Slams GOP On Scalia’s Successor [VIDEO]

Last night Rachel Maddow devoted a big chunk of her show to Scalia/SCOTUS controversy. Clip recap: Rachel Maddow notes that not only does the United States need a fully functional Supreme Court, but Americans deserve one. And Republicans are threatening to damage the structure of America’s system of government by insisting that President Barack Obama not perform his duty as …

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