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Scalia spent a year as a visiting lecturer at SLS back in my days on the Farm. The affable, eloquent and brilliant man described in all the articles is the opposite of what I remember. I did not take a class with him but did catch some after class sessions in the hallway and got accounts from people in his class. My impression of the guy was as an ill-tempered boor. Being one of the more conservative students in the law school, I wanted to like him but could not.

Most likely, the Republicans will filibuster any nominee. The Republicans have moved so far right that most of them would consider anything other than another right wing activist judge to be a total loss. The possibility of a Bernie Sanders pick approved by a Democratic Senate would not be much of a deterrent against the Republican program to demolish the country. In fact, the true believers might actually prefer a Sanders pick, figuring it would cause a major disruption that would then enable a far right counter attack. The best Obama can do is make a selection that would cause maximum pain from the filibuster. A moderate person of color who has recently been approved unanimously would probably accomplish that.

Fat chance.  Do you actually believe that Republicans have moved any further right than their opposition has moved left?  The chasm of division between the two parties has been widened by this President and I do not expect him to start acting in a reasonable manner at this point.

[CornFed]

Scalia spent a year as a visiting lecturer at SLS back in my days on the Farm. The affable, eloquent and brilliant man described in all the articles is the opposite of what I remember. I did not take a class with him but did catch some after class sessions in the hallway and got accounts from people in his class. My impression of the guy was as an ill-tempered boor. Being one of the more conservative students in the law school, I wanted to like him but could not.

Most likely, the Republicans will filibuster any nominee. The Republicans have moved so far right that most of them would consider anything other than another right wing activist judge to be a total loss. The possibility of a Bernie Sanders pick approved by a Democratic Senate would not be much of a deterrent against the Republican program to demolish the country. In fact, the true believers might actually prefer a Sanders pick, figuring it would cause a major disruption that would then enable a far right counter attack. The best Obama can do is make a selection that would cause maximum pain from the filibuster. A moderate person of color who has recently been approved unanimously would probably accomplish that.

Fat chance.  Do you actually believe that Republicans have moved any further right than their opposition has moved left?  The chasm of division between the two parties has been widened by this President and I do not expect him to start acting in a reasonable manner at this point.