How To Solve The Scalia Supreme Court Constitutional Crisis - David Dayen part 1

[matthewf]

[forest444]

1. Exposing the corruption would do it.

If someone could find a way to hack into the Cayman Islands LLC accounts these prostitutes use for the millions in bribe money they've received over the years, that would do it.

[Wibly]

2. There is no crisis

Making it sound like there is only feeds into the GOP spin job.
All that needs to happen is for Obama to make the nomination and leave it to the Senate to do its job.
No crisis at all.

[PJMcK]

3. Unless the Senate fails to act

You are correct, Wibly. So far, nothing has happened except that a Supreme Court Justice has died. The possibility of a Constitutional crisis will only exist if President Obama nominates a candidate, (presumably a highly qualified one), and then the Senate refuses to take action by holding hearings and voting.

Does anyone know if the president could then sue Congress if they fail to act? That would be a complicated crisis as it would bring all three branches of the US government into conflict.