Members of the U.S. Supreme Court paid their respects to their late colleague Antonin Scalia during a brief but somber ceremony at the court on Friday.
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The ads parrot the GOP position that with 11 months to go in his final term, Obama shouldn’t get to fill the vacancy on the high court that opened with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend.
A funeral will be held Saturday at the National Basilica in Washington, with President Biden among those attending.
Until then, Scalia’s place on the bench remains draped in black, as was the main entrance to the Supreme Court chambers. The White House says the decision is a “respectful arrangement” given the president’s large security detail and Biden’s personal relationship with Scalia’s family.
Repeating the words of the president, Earnest said the Senate is obligated to consider a new justice.
Because Supreme Court justices rarely die in office, this issue is uncommon at this level, but Nelson said it happens in lower courts and appointments can, in some cases, take years until there is any confirmation.
– Vice President Joe Biden said Obama cannot select the most liberal possible candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court and should seek a “consensus” pick who could attract Republican support.
It was the start of two days of official mourning for the sometimes cantankerous – and always colorful – conservative justice who served on the nation’s highest court for almost three decades.
O’Connor was the first woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, fulfilling Reagan’s campaign promise that he would name a woman at the first opportunity.
Other than Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 82, who took her seat in 1993 at 60, no one older than 55 has joined the court since 1972.
Father Paul Scalia, a Catholic priest who is one of Scalia’s nine children, delivered a prayer before the justices quietly filed away. President, ‘ I said, ‘I think that person will suffer the same fate as Bork.’ This person, ‘I think wold probably get nominated.
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In a departure from tradition, the court’s current and former justices won’t be lining the marble steps outside the court as the casket is carried through the main entrance.
