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kairos12

(12,862 posts)
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 07:21 PM Feb 2016

Lawyer Says Scalia Can Vote from The Grave [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/wtf-arizona-lawyer-says-scalia-can-vote-from-the-grave-to-keep-supreme-court-conservative/
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Anti-government attorney Kory Langhofer argued over the weekend that the Supreme Court could continue to decide cases 5-4 in favor of conservatives after the death of Antonin Scalia because the deceased justice could effectively cast votes from the grave.

“There’s no Ouija board required to figure out how Justice Scalia would vote on these things, he’s already voted,” Langhofer told KPNX during a panel discussion on Sunday. “We’re at the second-to-last step in how these cases unfold when Justice Scalia died.”

Nothing new here. Thomas has appeared dead, brain or otherwise, on the bench for 20 years.
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heh…. blm Feb 2016 #1
Elections supposedly have consequences. Not so much anymore though. Death is supposed to have merrily Feb 2016 #2
Why not keep his ghost sharp_stick Feb 2016 #3
It's like they thought he'd never die gratuitous Feb 2016 #13
Not the Onion? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #4
Why do you suppose EVERY OTHER ATTY. I'VE HEARD said the exact opposite? napi21 Feb 2016 #5
Which LAWS say that? former9thward Feb 2016 #7
I don't know the law, but here are two sources I was relying on. napi21 Feb 2016 #23
The point is that those are self-imposed rules former9thward Feb 2016 #24
To do that would likely take 5 justices (or more) to agree rpannier Feb 2016 #26
I agree. It MAY take more than that. napi21 Feb 2016 #27
Then who is going to sign for him? I mean, sure I expect the average cray cray spewing Rex Feb 2016 #6
Never happen. WillowTree Feb 2016 #8
So he's proposing SC voter fraud? n/t IDemo Feb 2016 #9
The GOP really wants to keep Scalia's seat from being filled Gothmog Feb 2016 #10
"I vote to countermand everything Dead Tony & his RepubliFascist buddies vote for." - TM AxionExcel Feb 2016 #11
I still choke on Thomas replacing him. kairos12 Feb 2016 #12
No. He can rot in his grave. MineralMan Feb 2016 #14
Hmmmm Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2016 #15
But Scalia only had a life-time appointment... rexcat Feb 2016 #16
Now baggers are demanding PERPETUAL judicial appointment for RW corrupt judges meow2u3 Feb 2016 #21
No Ouija required! Octafish Feb 2016 #17
Brooks Brothers zombie riot. kairos12 Feb 2016 #20
Zombie Just Us Octafish Feb 2016 #22
Zombie voting? Is this how the zombie apocalypse starts? Initech Feb 2016 #18
I actually agree with Kory Langhofer on this one. KentuckyWoman Feb 2016 #19
Let's take this to its logical end. We know how the Original Supremes would've voted NightWatcher Feb 2016 #25
In recent years I havre read more than one decision from the court. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #28
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