{"id":12552,"date":"2016-02-15T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2016-02-15T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:15:47","slug":"still-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12552","title":{"rendered":"Still dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antonin Scalia<\/a> is still dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Senate<\/a> has to confirm any new nominee and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell<\/a> does not appear interested in holding hearings until after the election<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… \u201cThe American people\u200e should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice<\/a>,” he said in a statement. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Democrats are upset, but it did not take long for their own words<\/a> to come back to haunt them:<\/p>\n

“… Charles Schumer<\/a> decried the intent of many Senate Republicans to prevent President Barack Obama<\/a> from appointing the successor to deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But less than a decade ago, Schumer advocated doing the same exact thing if any additional Supreme Court vacancies opened under former President George W. Bush<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both parties have an interest in delaying seating a new justice. They can use the issue to raise money and excite the base for the upcoming fall elections.<\/p>\n