Wednesday Open Thread: It's World Radio Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 5:00am
It's Day 44 of the Year 2019 CE, meaning that it's February 13, 2019
It's Day 44 of the Year 2019 CE, meaning that it's February 13, 2019
Among all the major headlines today, the one with the potential for the most lasting impact and damage is that Donald Trump has narrowed down his Supreme Court nominee list down to two or three and will formally nominate someone next week. The only reason he is set to nominate anyone at all, of course, is that the Republicans in the Senate refused to even hold a vote on President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland in an unprecedented maneuver last year.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia found dead this morning in his room at a resort in rural Texas. It appears that his death was from natural causes.
He arrived at the resort Friday. He was 79 years old, had been on the Supreme Court since 1986. There have been few details released as of this afternoon.
Antonin Gregory Scalia - March 11, 1936 – February 12 or 13, 2016
That's an affirmative.