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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died by krallja on Saturday February 13, 2016 @11:09PM (#11097104)
Obama is not a lame duck president until his replacement is nominated and then elected. That happens in November.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died by tptacek on Sunday February 14, 2016 @04:00PM (#11099987)
That depends on whose definition you use, but this discussion is mostly about precedent; look up the "Thurmond Rule" to see why technical strictness about the term "lame duck" isn't really an issue here.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died by krallja on Monday February 15, 2016 @03:08PM (#11105572)
The Thurmond Rule, which is amorphous and inconsistently applied, only applies when an incumbent has "six months or so" remaining in his term. We are still several months away from that excuse being valid.
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