EB Death Pool

[peacedog]

Dan Hicks http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/wif ... id=DELLDHP

RIP Danny boy...

Rough month for the San Francisco sound.

[cerebus]

Daniel Gerson, writer of Monsters, Inc. and Big Hero 6:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016 ... dies-at-49

[Codeblue]

Let's get this thread back on track:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/entertain ... index.html

[jamel-d]

Willie Richardson, Baltimore Colts’ All-Pro Receiver, Dies at 76

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/sport ... ottom-well

[fredo]

Let's get this thread back on track:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/entertain ... index.html

At the Ramada Inn?

[Dreadyhead4]

Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.

Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.

According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.

[fredo]

Ho-LEE-fudge

[jamel-d]

Thomas won't know how to vote.

[fredo]

Thomas won't know how to vote.

No kidding.

[gorkie]

And Cruz and Rubio are already crying to not have an appointment until the new President gets voted in.

[squalie]

And Cruz and Rubio are already crying to not have an appointment until the new President gets voted in.

Wonder what the rules are on that?

[gorkie]

And Cruz and Rubio are already crying to not have an appointment until the new President gets voted in.

Wonder what the rules are on that?

Looked this up in the meantime about what happens if there is a tie on a decision...

Although rare, 4-4 ties are hardly unheard-of—justices do recuse themselves from time to time. A split decision effectively upholds the ruling of the lower court (presumably a state supreme court). In the event of such a tie, the court typically issues what's known as a per curiam decision. The opinion in such a decision is issued under the court's name, as opposed to consisting of a majority and a minority opinion. Justices, however, may attach dissenting opinions to the per curiam decision if they like—as happened in Bush v. Gore.

[Codeblue]

Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch

Perhaps there is a God after all?

[gorkie]

The timing of his death could not be more relevant given this huge upcoming decision...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/us/po ... .html?_r=0

[Codeblue]

How so? It still gets overturned since Kennedy is pro-abortion and Clarence Thomas will have no idea how to vote.