Rick Scott's do-it-yourself guide to rigging a Supreme Court

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Romano: Rick Scott’s do-it-yourself guide to rigging a Supreme Court
John Romano Times Columnist

Published: September 15, 2018
Updated: September 15, 2018 at 10:06 PM

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To set the stage, three Supreme Court justices face mandatory retirement on Jan. 7, which is also Scott’s final day in office. Should he get to fill those seats, a court that leans 4-3 toward the left would swing 6-1 toward the right.

Of course, if Ron DeSantis wins the governor’s race in November, this debate becomes moot. While he and Scott may not have the exact same replacements in mind, they’d just be choosing different branches off the same ideological tree.

But if Andrew Gillum is elected, the transition will get ugly.

Scott’s team has previously argued that the Supreme Court will have vacancies at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 8, and a new governor will not be sworn in until later that afternoon. That would, the theory goes, give Scott time to make the appointments.

But Gillum could decide to take the oath of office at midnight, and theoretically render those appointments meaningless. Constitutional crisis, anyone?

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Scott is the biggest criminal in history. As in stealing from US govt. He

is also a punk.

All cons are punks.

Fucking punk.