U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 24, 2016
Political football and the vacancy on the high court
It appears that Obama's game plan may be relegated to nominating a candidate that Senate Republicans could not block without risking public anger over their action.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
The unexpected death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has created an issue critically key to the ongoing campaign framing the 2016 presidential election. The central actor in the plot is President Barack Obama who has the opportunity to nominate a successor before the end of his final term. The issue has been clothed in terms of whether he has more than the opportunity to fill the vacancy; his obligation to do so under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.
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