1. What does Senate Majority Leader McConell mean when he says ""The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice,"?
2. What happened to Reagan nominee Robert Bork?
3. What statements have Democrats made in the past that are similar to those made by Republicans now?
4. What controversial issues with the Court deal with in this term?
5. What does President Ted Cruz think will happen if Obama appoints Scalia's replacement?
6. What actions have Democrats taken recently that are seen as exceeding constitutional authority that allow Republicans to justify their position now?
7. Why is it important that the Senate have the ability to check Obama's power on this issue?
1. He wants the American people to wait until the next president comes in to nominate/choose the next justice.
2. The Democratic Senate of 1987 was able to prevent him from being put on the supreme court.
3. They are arguing that the current president would nominate someone too radical, and this will ultimately throw off the balance of political ideology present on the court.
4. Abortion, Birth Control, and Voting Rights will all be big issues coming up very soon. ( I feel like gun legislature stuff will be too)
5. Cruz believes that the appointee will throw off the core ideology of Americans, and guarantee the removal of core American liberties.
6. The Democrats filibustered the approval of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
7. Since the senators are representative of the opinions of people where they come from, they help represent the ideology of the nation as well. This helps make sure that not only one person is in charge of the process, but instead different opinions of people who the nation voted for can all have a say as well.
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