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To: gronieel2 who wrote (921295)	2/15/2016 9:47:36 AM
From: locogringo	Respond to of 1577883

After Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away on Saturday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was quick to denounce her Republican counterparts as enemies of the Constitution for vowing to oppose whomever President Obama nominates. OH MY GOODNESS! How rude and inconsiderate. The democrats never would think of doing that. The Thurmond Rule — an unwritten rule, not legally binding — holds that a judicial nominee should not be confirmed in the months leading up to an election. It has its origins in June 1968, when Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, blocked President Lyndon B. Johnson’s appointment of Justice Abe Fortas as chief justice. It is not an actual rule, which means there is no way to adjudicate how close to an election it applies, or whether it applies at all.