{"id":12749,"date":"2016-03-10T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12749"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:51:20","slug":"scotus-fight-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12749","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS fight brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2016-03-10\/conservative-liberal-groups-gear-up-for-supreme-court-fight\" target=\"_blank\">A fight is brewing<\/a> over a replacement for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/antonin-scalia-9473091\" target=\"_blank\">Antonin Scalia<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama<\/a> is reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs6albany.com\/news\/connect-to-congress\/obama-narrowing-list-of-possible-supreme-court-candidates\" target=\"_blank\">working on a list<\/a> of candidates.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.ny.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Eric Schneiderman<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/246984\/schneiderman-joins-state-ags-to-press-senate-for-action-on-court-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\">joined with Democrat AGs from other states<\/a> in an attempt to pressure the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Republican-controlled Senate<\/a> to hold confirmation hearings on potential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>This needs to be a total non-starter for the GOP.\u00a0 Any candidate Obama puts up would likely be as bad if not worse than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/about\/biographies.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"bioname\">Sonia Sotomayor<\/span> and <span class=\"bioname\">Elena Kagan<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 There is no requirement the Senate hold hearings and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/02\/23\/politics\/joe-biden-supreme-court-senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans need to stick to that line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12749&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12749\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12749\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12749\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fight is brewing over a replacement for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. President Obama is reportedly working on a list of candidates.\u00a0 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has joined with Democrat AGs from other states in an attempt to pressure the Republican-controlled Senate to hold confirmation hearings on potential candidates. 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