title: dilbert creator scott adams endorses trump says hillary is a bully
text: by sean colarossi on wed oct th  at  pm not even an overwhelming victory by hillary clinton is likely to convince republicans that they should do their job share on twitter print this post 
  since republicans have essentially conceded that donald trump is going to lose the general election to hillary clinton theyre already making plans in the event that she decides to do her job and nominate supreme court justices 
  according to a report from the huffington post on wednesday one conservative thinker says that john mccains recent suggestion that his party should block any nominee put forward by clinton isnt that farfetched 
  the report 
  some conservatives certainly seem to be warming up to mccains controversial suggestion last week that senate republicans should dig in their heels and block any and all supreme court nominees put forth by a future president hillary clinton 
  who needs a fully functioning supreme court after all 
  as a matter of constitutional law the senate is fully within its powers to let the supreme court die out literally wrote the cato institutes ilya shapiro in a column wednesday on the federalist 
  shapiro is wellversed in constitutional issues and his argument has a legal if contorted basis nothing in the constitution explicitly stands in the way of senators who would be willing to destroy the nations highest court  if not an entire branch of the federal government  to stop clinton from selecting judges who share her views 
   
  to shapiro theres nothing wrong with even more senate obstructionism because the constitution is completely silent on how the upper chamber provides its advice and consent on the presidents nominees 
   
  so when you get past the gotcha headlines breathless reportage and inauguration day if hillary clinton is president it would be completely decent honorable and in keeping with the senates constitutional duty to vote against essentially every judicial nominee she names he concluded 
  the original argument from republicans was that they would block president obamas supreme court appointment until voters had a chance to weigh in via the nov  election forget the fact that this isnt how the constitutional system is meant to operate but that was their reasoning 
  now faced with the growing prospect that hillary clinton will be elected the th president of the united states they are beginning to change their tune 
  the obstruction that defined the republican party throughout obamas presidency looks like it will be sticking around after he is gone its yet another reason why downballot races are more critical than ever this year