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MADISON, Wis. — The hypocrisy of the left-wing One Wisconsin Now truly knows no bounds.

The pack of vitriol-spewing socialists led by Scot Ross this week took aim at U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for asserting that the next president — not President Barack Obama — should nominate a replacement for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The conservative justice was found dead Saturday at a Texas ranch.

One Wisconsin Now issued a statement Monday decrying Johnson’s position, saying Obama remains the president and has the constitutional authority and duty to send a nominee to the Senate — just as President Ronald Reagan did when he nominated Scalia.

AP file photo

AP file photo

DEATH AND POLITICS: The passing of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia has set off a firestorm of political fighting – and no shortage of hypocrisy from the left.

But the group failed to mention its strident opposition just months ago to Gov. Scott Walker’s constitutional authority and duty to appoint a replacement for the late state Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks.

“Putting political advantage and cronyism before qualifications, Gov. Scott Walker announced today he has appointed Rebecca Bradley to the open seat on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court,” One Wisconsin Now declared in a statement issued Oct. 9.

Bradley, considered part of the court’s conservative wing, was an announced candidate for Crooks’ seat before being appointed by the Republican governor.

Liberals in general, and legislative Democrats in particular, were absolutely apoplectic about Walker’s appointment just months out from the Supreme Court election, slated for April. No fair, they cried. Bradley’s appointment, they protested, gives the justice an incumbent’s advantage that will be difficult for left-wing appeals court judgeJoAnne Kloppenburg and left-wing circuit court Judge Joe Donald to overcome.

But Walker has the authority and obligation under the state constitution to fill vacancies on the state courts as he sees fit. He said he selected the candidate he believes fills the requirements of the court.

“I want someone who understands the law and most importantly I want someone on the judiciary who upholds the constitution of this country and the state,” Walker said in a statement.

Bradley is highly qualified for the position, the first Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to have served as an intermediate appellate court judge and a circuit court judge.

Walker’s predecessor, Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, appointed the ultra-liberal Louis Butler to the court in August 2004. Butler had unsuccessfully campaigned in 2000 for the seat held by then-incumbent Supreme Court Justice Diane Sykes, whom GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested would be a good replacement for Scalia.

Obama, too, will nominate the person who aligns more with his reading of the constitution — also known as a liberal. Exhibit A: Sonia Sotomayor. Exhibit B: Elena Kagan.

But Ross, One Wisconsin Now’s mouth, sees only faulty logic in Republican Johnson’s call to let the American people “decide the future direction of the Supreme Court by their votes for president and the majority party in the U.S. Senate.”

Ross, it seems, is champing at the bit to see a left-wing judicial activist named to the Supreme Court. He seemed to relish Scalia’s passing in a tweet over the weekend.

“If you take a lifetime appointment and do horrible things, you can’t fault people who are pleased that the term of office has expired,” Ross tweeted.

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rob4 minutes ago

One has never been nominated in the final year of one’s presidency. In fact, discussion, by the Dems, was taken up on the issue with 1 1/2 yrs. left of the Bush presidency. The majority of Dems stated they would not allow Bush to put someone in. That the next president should decide. Although, the constitution is clear, the parties can do things to delay the process until the next president come in. The Dems now, are playing politics and flip flopping. Sadly, many are on film stating this case. They can't retract. The only thing they will do is use the liberal coorupt media to spin it in their favor....Only the dumb will fall for it!

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