Saturday, February 13, 2016 marked the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, 79, who was said to have died from natural causes in Shafter, Texas. As listed in the Constitution of the United States of America, it is within the current President’s power to appoint a replacement Justice in a timely fashion. Yet there is controversy revolving around President Barack Obama appointing the next Justice or leaving the decision up to the next president, with the Republican controlled Senate at the helm of the talk.
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So far in this past year we have seen three rounds of Republican debates full of nothing but feeble attempts to make statements on any of the serious issues America is facing aside from illegal immigration and why Donald Trump’s hair resembles a wisp of discolored cotton candy. The Republicans have offered to the American people stacks of resumé builders that hold little to no weight, and more jokes about Marco Rubio’s thirst problem than we’d like to see. Who’s the top dog, who is the only person on this stage that has ever done this or that, and Donald Trump insulting his way around every “difficult” question is just about all we can get from that party’s three rounds of debates. The 2016 presidential race is on the tracks, and there are many competitors. Among the Democratic party are: former Governor Lincoln Chafee, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Governor Martin O'Malley, US Senator Bernie Sanders, and former US Senator Jim Webb, with Vice President Joe Biden listed as a possible candidate. The Republican party holds a lengthier and more threatening list of candidates, those being: former Governor Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, Governor Chris Christie, US Senator Ted Cruz, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Governor Jim Gilmore, US Senator Lindsey Graham, former Governor Mike Huckabee, Governor Bobby Jindal, Governor John Kasich, former Governor George Pataki, US Senator Rand Paul, US Senator Marco Rubio, former US Senator Rick Santorum, and businessman Donald Trump. What are the numbers looking like? Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is leading in the polls for the Democrats, with possible candidate, Vice President Joe Biden as the runner up by thirteen points. The Republican's top runner is businessman, Donald Trump. Not far behind him is retired neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, trailing by seven points. Recent polls from Real Clear Politics, shows that the two leading candidates - Clinton and Trump - are tied 42-42 collectively. This will be a close race.
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