From the archives: Ronald Reagan nominates Antonin Scalia to Supreme Court in 1986

[@Atilla-m9i]

I thank God these men were born.

[@andrewmcgill9544]

Four powerful men. Reinhquist seems thrilled

[@retroguy9494]

How can you tell? He always had that scowl on his face. Reminds me of Cheney.

[@giovangciccareli1829]

Scalia looks like John Belushi.

[@kimward5746]

God, I miss Scalia. I miss his integrity, logic, and humor.

[@DJBIGCG]

Thank you Ronald ragan 👍🏿

[@RYN988]

Scalia was so thin and voice was almost unrecognizable.

[@Letsbereal-p8l]

Yeah this is so old I believe it seems like it is to me because it was not the updated as

[@paw-za-tivepooch4508]

Wow. This is historic

[@AnnaSingleton-le9mr]

Sure wish we had a dam good presadent like Reagan now god rest his soul was a good man trump is the closest one we have god be with trump an his family❤❤

[@FGP_Pro]

Yeah, like, how he supported the killing of priests and nuns, doctors and nurses, and teachers by right-wing death squads in Nicaragua. How great was that? Like, how he sold weapons to Iran, which was only slightly illegal. What moxie, right? Like, how Ollie North was importing cocaine into America to fund the Contra terrorists. Enterprising, no? Just doing "God's" work. pffft

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Lol

[@johnbroker327]

No one in government should have a lifetime appointment, that's ridiculous 🤔

[@emmanuellawyer8562]

Everyone has a lifetime appointment except the president

[@justicedragon9920]

read federalist 78 and get back to me

[@retroguy9494]

While I agree with you in principle the lifetime appointment for Supreme Court justices is in the Constitution.

[@angelasudi710]

Criminal

[@TomBarbashev]

Who??? Scalia?

[@mitsverdi5832]

I remember that under Reagan, there was 10% interest rates in saving accounts.

[@FGP_Pro]

Like that way before Reagan, hack.

[@retroguy9494]

So do I......so do I. Now I get like one quarter of one percent!

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Reagen was a horrible president

[@AnnaSingleton-le9mr]

If you remember he won by a landslide dear😂

[@juicelino3867]

​@@AnnaSingleton-le9mrthat equates to a great presidency? 😂

[@briane173]

@@juicelino3867It equates to The People have spoken. Anyone who doesn't subscribe to what Reagan believed and worked for I expect them to be critical, and that is their right. But for someone to proclaim from the rooftops that someone is a horrible President because they say so is an insult to the voters and their franchise. It screams "I'm right and everyone else is an idiot for not agreeing with me." We've had quite enough of that the past 12 years, thank you.

[@-dash]

If by "horrible" you mean "not horrible", then yeah, he was horrible.

[@briane173]

@@-dash LOL

[@samgone3702]

Did he mispronounce his name? An--to--nen?

[@-dash]

Justice Scalia once told a story about it. That day, Reagan's staff told Nino that they had been working the President all day, and they were sure that he would correctly pronounce "Scalia", but they couldn't make any promises on "Antonin". Haha

[@samgone3702]

@@-dash That is a bit pathetic in my opinion. It's not really hard to pronounce.

[@kona6451]

lifetime appointments are the most un American thing ever. 8 years on the court tops.

[@briane173]

If it's in the Constitution, it's not "unAmerican." SCOTUS lifetime appointments are there for a reason and that's to keep the Judiciary above the mosh pit of ephemeral politics. The closest a justice will ever get to politics is the day they're nominated and go through confirmation hearings. It's precisely _because_ of politics that they're lifetime appointments. The People have their say over who is appointed to the bench through the President they elect and the Senators who vote for or against an appointment. Justice is justice; justice isn't achieving the only outcome you'll accept. You should want someone who is true to the law and jurisprudence, not the capricious political whims of mob rule.

[@-dash]

^this guy knows his Federalist Papers

[@TomBarbashev]

You've put zero thought into this at all. Just another average minded yum yum.

[@kona6451]

@@TomBarbashev says the sad guy who has to come on KZbin and call people names. SMH

[@TomBarbashev]

@@kona6451 Well it's true, and if you're offended by "yum yum" you must be new here. Lol You don't think the Founders put thought into this? You need a non politicized court, and having term limits would further politicize the court. Every election would be about "who was going to be put in the court and what they would do." Political promises... That's also why they are an unelected position. No campaigning.. no political promises. You need stability and consistency in the court and it's rulings too. Changing judges constantly wouldn't be better.

[@wilgreenstreet]

Creeps: all of them!

[@AnnaSingleton-le9mr]

Study history

[@BROWNACID33]

​@@AnnaSingleton-le9mrstudy the truth.

[@BROWNACID33]

Their both into boys. Bohemian grove!!!

[@TomBarbashev]

Scalia and Reagan were amazing human beings. I especially love Scalia. Logic, facts, history, and reason may not be your thing though. To each their own though!

[@dark_dante2663]

A nice nostalgic video clip, I am surprised they are running this, ahh abortion, that still rages on today.

[@oussamabayar7477]

The reason why the abortion debate has been so catastrophic is because of Roe v wade which nationalized an issue that was supposed to be fixed at the state level.... the Judiciary Corrupting Democracy lead to the catastrophic and painful abortion debate. Imagine what would have happened If states legalized abortion through legislative process. We wouldn't have debate to abortion each election cycle.... the Justices who legalized abortion were selfish and Polticial Activists who committed treason.

[@alfariskay2399]

First

[@akjordan1680]

Booooooooooo