Scalia's Death: Our Initial Reactions
Russell has details here about the bombshell news. Below are initial reactions from Atlantic staffers via Twitter, including RTs:
Oh wow.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) February 13, 2016
Holy. Shit.
— Caitlin Frazier (@CaitlinFrazier) February 13, 2016
Antonin Scalia loved his country, and devoted his life to its service. Requiescat in Pace.
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) February 14, 2016
My thoughts and prayers are with Justice Scalia's family and his colleagues on the court who mourn his passing. pic.twitter.com/Y51xUMMEId
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 13, 2016
"He is the justice who has had the most important impact over the yrs on how we think & talk about law." Elena Kagan https://t.co/ZsoU7TqDaC
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) February 13, 2016
Whether you love Scalia or hate him, consider his close friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg: https://t.co/4iUqX1JsKf pic.twitter.com/6OYq14quaS
— Graeme Wood (@gcaw) February 13, 2016
I believe this denial of stay of execution on Wednesday is the last official action of Antonin Scalia on #SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/GLk9GlbJTG
— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) February 13, 2016
Politics aside, we should all die full of years, with 28 grandchildren, in our sleep after quail hunting. Antonin Scalia RIP.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) February 13, 2016
The election just went from simple math calculus. So many political calculations to be made. https://t.co/fzenKBhhQg
— J.Lantigua-Williams (@JuleykaLantigua) February 14, 2016
Can White House thread the needle: Find a progressive nominee who nonetheless cannot be ignored/delayed by Senate GOP?
— Bob Cohn (@1bobcohn) February 13, 2016
Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 13, 2016
My statement on the passing of Judge Scalia. pic.twitter.com/4JSmbKWzDy
— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) February 13, 2016
McConnell: "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Justice." After all, Barack Obama was only elected twice.
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) February 13, 2016
1) the irony of a Republicans honoring a constitutional originalist by requesting that Obama give up his constitutional prerogative...
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) February 13, 2016
McConnell - Senate should wait a year to confirm replacement. Or, depending on what happens 5. Maybe 9. Hopefully not 13 but possible.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) February 14, 2016
Let's just stop nominating & confirming Supreme Court justices until all but 1 die off and then he/she can adjudicate solo, via coin flips.
— Scott Stossel (@SStossel) February 14, 2016
McConnell’s precipitate statement is wrong not only on grounds of appropriateness & timing, but even politics …
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 13, 2016
Instead, McConnell pledged himself to a wrong principle with dangerous implications, entirely unnecessarily https://t.co/dC88jsWbPQ
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 13, 2016
BREAKING: Jurist With Enormously Complex Career Reduced to Cartoon Hero / Villain Status By Partisans Unfamiliar With Most Of Its Substance
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) February 13, 2016
Texas governor making Scalia's replacement a political contest before the medical examiner's report is issued. https://t.co/CA2O5TkfRl
— Ford Vox, MD (@fordvox) February 13, 2016
Scalia is the most immediately politicized death I've seen on Twitter.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) February 13, 2016
The last time a Dem president had to get a Supreme Court nominee through a GOP Senate was 1895. https://t.co/N6ZVv4Gu39
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) February 13, 2016
Longest confirmation of current SCOTUS: 106 days
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) February 13, 2016
Obama term left: 341#Scaliahttps://t.co/WK8fE6gbsU pic.twitter.com/zUlmJLJypx
The GOP will not pay a "political price" for something if the press covers what they're doing as SOP.
— Jonathan Cohn (@JonathanCohn) February 14, 2016
@mattduss @JamesFallows Scenario: Obama nominates Hillary to Court; GOP Senate confirms; would rather have her there than in the White House
— George Forgie (@forgiegb) February 13, 2016
i guess @jdickerson is rewriting his first question for tonight's debate.
— Bob Cohn (@1bobcohn) February 13, 2016
Ted Cruz rewriting opening statement for tonight: "Twenty years ago, I clerked at the Supreme Court, where I met my hero, Nino Scalia..."
— Bob Cohn (@1bobcohn) February 13, 2016
Russell has a preview of tonight’s GOP debate in South Carolina. Stay tuned for live-blogging from Yoni’s team.