Politics: With Scalia dead, there's only one course of action for Senate Republicans

Its Sad that this is being discussed but the sick Liberals are already talking about Obama getting it done

I knew the news was big when I got a message from Rob over my phone that consisted of nothing but "Holy S***!"

And it was. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is dead at 79, and not only has America lost one of the finest public servants in its entire history - a man who understood the Constitution and was unafraid to stand up against those who wished to corrupt it for their own purposes - but we now face a serious national crisis.

If Barack Obama is allowed to appoint his replacement, that will give the Supreme Court a liberal majority and remove any check on the inclination of America's left to completely trash the Constitution for the purpose of installing an ever bigger and ever more powerful central government. Forget about all checks on executive power. Forget about all protections of state prerogative or individual rights.

The only thing the left cares about is expanding federal power to tax and otherwise confiscate as much wealth as possible, and to use the regulatory state to impose as many controls over business operations and people's individual decisions as possible. The 5-4 conservative majority on the Supreme Court was the only check on that power.

That means that the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has no choice but to take a radical but necessary step. It must refuse to confirm anyone Barack Obama nominates to replace Scalia - obviously barring a shock-the-world selection of some sort of constitutional conservative, which is clearly not going to happen.

This will be a step wrought with political peril because whoever wins the Democrat nomination will try to use it to show that Republicans are only interested in playing partisan games, and they will say it's unconscionable to leave the seat open for nearly a year while we wait for the election of a new president. Too bad. Republicans have to do it. The fate of the nation is at stake. They're going to have to find a way to convince the voters that this is a necessary step to protect the Constitution and the country. Done right they just might be able to turn this into a useful and politically beneficial discussion about why limited government still matters, and why it's such a bad thing that Democrat-appointed justices have so consistently disregarded the Constitution in order to help Democrats put their agenda into place.

Now, of course, if the Democrats win the 2016 presidential election, the Senate won't be able to stall on this for another four years - even if it does remain Republican, which is far from guaranteed. This is a gamble. If we wait out Obama and get stuck with Hillary or Bernie, we'll get a new Justice who's just as bad. That's why it's more important than ever that a Republican win this election - and that Republicans hold the Senate.

I know Republicans have not had a habit of winning a lot in recent years, nor have they had a habit of showing much backbone in showdowns with Obama. Time for them to show what they're made of. If an Obama appointee is confirmed, there is no reason to think the U.S. Constitution can survive. Therefore, that cannot be allowed to happen. The left will scream, say it's political, say it's partisan. Who cares? This is the Senate's job.

Rest in peace, Justice Scalia, and thank you for your service. I'm sorry that we as a nation let our respect for the Constitution hang by such a perilous thread that your death put us in such a crisis. I pray we honor you in how we deal with it.

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