The President and when he can nominate a candidate to the Supreme Court

Below is part of an email I sent to several of my friends yesterday...

"I’m shocked to hear of the death of Justice Antoine Scalia (and may he rest in peace), but I’m almost thinking that this event, and the obvious repercussions, are more important than the Presidential election!  in the long term!

Clearly Obama should be able to appoint someone of a different persuasion, but I doubt that the Congress will allow that – where is democracy then?"

I believe that The Constitution of the United States specifically gives the President of the United States the power and authority to nominate candidates to fill vacancies at the Supreme Court of the United States.

It is interesting to see how the Republican candidates vying to become the Republican nominee for the US coming General Elections for President of the United States, all of whom extol the  need and necessity of maintaining the "original" Constitution, suddenly believe it is OK to abandon it when President Obama plans to exercise his constitutional rights and nominate a successor to Justice Anotoine Scalia.

It appears that some of these Republicans might be hypocrites.....

The constitution which was created on September, 17th, 1787, which became ratified on June 21st, 1788, which came into force in 1789 was written to reflect the standards that were deemed necessary for this new country at that time.  This constitution has been amended since then 27 times, to reflect  developing and new thinking and the times that we are now living in.

The concept of amending the constitutions are therefore alive, proven and well.

The current Republican idea that the Constitution cannot be amended and must be the original, does not reflect history, and is being used as a means to their end...

We have not heard the end of this...

Peter D. Revers