Scalia for the high court in 1986, and scalia was one of the staunchest conservative members. A debate is now waging on capitol hill. Over whether president obama should nominate the next justice. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says it should be the next president s choice. While. Minority leader harry reid says its president obamas constitutional right. The president says he has every intention of choosing a nominee after the senate break. Which ends february 22nd. brian loftus democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders weighed in on the controversy. Both say Mitch Mcconnell is wrong. And should follow the constitution. sen. Bernie sanders, d president ial candidate i just dont think it looks good that for very overtly political reasons that the republicans would deny this president the right to exercise his constitutional responsibility, which is to appoint members to the Supreme Court Hillary Clinton barack obama is president of the United States until january 20, 2017. Th
Successor in due time. And there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Getting a nominee confirmed in this Election Year will be difficult, with senator mcconnell and his democratic already at odds. Mcconnell in a statement saying, the American People . Should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Reid pushing back saying,. The senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible. Without a majority in the senate, the democrats will need a handful of republicans to break ranks, including some facing tough reelection bids this year. The democrats already sharpening their line of attack. sen. Chuck schumer, d new york i think first the American People dont like this obstructionism. When you go right off the bat and say i dont care who he nominates i am going to oppose him, thats not going to fly. Brian loftus Antonin Scalias death dominated the
Courts most famous decisions that led to president George W Bush taking the white house, instead of al gore. charlie in the National Interest we have to get this over with scalia the remedy to a case is always subject to the courts discretion. Patranya Bhoolsuwan scalias death now enables president obama to nominate a third justice to the high court. However, he is expected to be blocked by a Republican Congress before the next president ial election. Patranya Bhoolsuwan today marks one week. Since a 2 Year Old Girl was killed in a hit and run crash in north las vegas. The suspect 51 year old Daniel Garcia martinez was arrested days after the incident. His bail is set at just over 1 million dollars. Investigators say he was behind the wheel when he hit and killed little evelyn green as she was crossing the street last sunday. The family say they have been devastated since the deadly crash vickie davis mother she was amazing my only girl. She was everything to me. And i did everything w
Several homes damaged by flooding in boulder on a day it didnt rain. High winds across the front range and snow leads to a major backup for hour in the mountains. Hundreds travel to the west slope to honor and remember a man who spent his life serving others, a deputy killed in the line of duty laid to rest. Ive done, answer to what ive done. 9wants to know looks into teachers with a troubled past who had no trouble getting back into classrooms. And a fire that damages a Historic Church in colorado leaves behind a stain that is being called a miracle. 9news starts now. A broken water main in boulder soaking homes, some just repaired after previous floods. A bit before 5 p. M. An 8inch pipe burst sending water down a street into 13 homes on norrowood and oak avenues. This neighborhood had serious flooding in the big floods a few years ago and my sisters floors were ruined then and so this is actually the third time in the last three years that shes had to replace her floors. Tonight cle
Bennett is tracking all of that for us. Las vegas will be seeing another breezy to windy day today with high and low pressure pushing up against each other within the valley, las vegas and Southern Nevada as a whole will hover advisory, watch, or warning in regards to the wind, we will be the first to let you know sunny skies are still expected las vegas will hover in the mid 60s today but as winds die down once again. By thursday, low to mid 70s will be common and moving into breaking overnight. A major disturbance in the neighborhood near sahara and nellis. Police say they were searching for three Home Invasion suspects overnight. Neighbors there were calling our newsroom about having lots of police in their area. This happened just before called police saying burglars were inside her home. Dispatchers could hear sounds of the house being ransacked. They could even hear the woman being ordered to the floor once police got there the three suspects fled. Thye were later caught with pro