GOP Candidates: Senate should Block Or Stall Obama Supreme court Justice selection

The GOP presidential debate in South Carolina began with a moment of silence for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died early Saturday.

Following that, debate moderator John Dickerson requested every candidate what the constitution says about replacing court justices, and whether or not President Barack Obama must try and nominate a replacement within the closing months of his presidency.

starting with Donald Trump, every candidate on the stage stated Obama will have to not, or must not be allowed to, nominate the substitute. requested whether or not he would nominate a replacement justice if he had only some months left as president, Trump mentioned he would. He additionally said the Senate, in order to need to bless the nominee by means of a majority vote, will have to “delay, extend, extend” the vote on an Obama nominee except Obama’s time period runs out.

Ben Carson stated the constitution does not instantly tackle the standing president’s right to nominate, however he stated Obama will unquestionably make a nomination. he is right: Obama mentioned previous within the day that he’s going to try and replace Scalia.

Jeb Bush said it will be easiest if the president nominates a “consensus-oriented” candidate, but he doubted that Obama would.

John Kasich known as on the president to allow the lengthen of the nomination unless subsequent yr.

Ted Cruz stated the identical factor as the others, including that no justice has been tested in an election yr for 80 years. CBS’s Dickerson fast challenged the statement.

After Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina dropped out of the race this week, just six candidates stay: real-property developer Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Ohio Governor John Kasich, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz.