CBS’ Mark Knoller reports that President Obama managed to squeeze in five hours of golf this morning before the kick-off of today’s Southeast Asia summit. He also found a minute to address the controversy over the nomination and confirmation of the next Supreme Court justice through Eric Schultz, the White House’s principal deputy press secretary.
WH spksmn @Schultz44 says Senate's responsibility to consider Obama's nomination to SCOTUS is "ironclad" with no exceptions for election yrs
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 15, 2016
@markknoller @Schultz44 funny, that's not what democrats said when there was a Republican in the whitehouse.
— Mandi Laurila (@mlaurila04) February 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/JohnMPowersII/status/699344927822475264
.@markknoller @Schultz44 I'm sure they'll 'consider' it…
— Bossy the one with the Chicago accent (@alpha_Lady_pi) February 15, 2016
Considering President Obama used to teach constitutional law, we’re not sure where he found the word “ironclad” in that document. Then again, this is the president who practically apologized to attendees of a town hall that he couldn’t just confiscate guns, as he was “constrained by a system our founders put in place.”
At WH briefing in Racho Mirage, @Schultz44 cites Obama nominations of Sotomayor and Kagan as the kind of jurists he would nominate again.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 15, 2016
Isn’t there something in the Constitution about it being the Senate’s job to confirm Supreme Court appointments, or is that just “a lot of bluster?”
.@Schultz44 dismisses as "a lot of bluster," GOP calls for next president, not Obama, to nominate successor to Scalia.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 15, 2016
Schultz reiterates Pres Obama plans to do his job and nominate a successor to Scalia – and expects Senate to act on the nomination.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 15, 2016
President Obama plans to do his job? Maybe that should have been the headline. Golf takes precedence today, though; if anyone should get Presidents Day off, it’s the president.
.@Schultz44 says Pres Obama has launched WH staff on process of selecting a nominee to the Supreme Court. Also receiving suggestions.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 15, 2016
No doubt about that.
SCOTUS Expert: Loretta Lynch 'Most Likely' to Replace Scalia https://t.co/su1yXuXgmy via @nbcnews
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) February 15, 2016
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Editor’s note: The first sentence of this post mistakenly referred to President Bush and not President Obama and has been fixed. Twitchy regrets the error.
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