Posted on 03/16/2016 7:34:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Editor's note: A previous version of this story stated President Obama will appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. That is incorrect. President Obama will nominate Garland for the position.
According to a report in POLITICO, President Obama will nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court as a replacement for late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month. Obama will make the announcement from the Rose Garden at 11 a.m. eastern.
Merrick Garland was on short list for SCOTUS twice before. Highly-regarded judge and prosecutor, who's won bipartisan plaudits.— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 16, 2016
In an email announcement sent by the White House earlier today, Obama said without naming Garland that his nominee possesses "an independent mind, unimpeachable credentials and an unquestionable mastery of law."
Before landing on Garland, at least six potentially nominees for the position asked President Obama to take their names out of consideration as Senate Republicans firmly stand their ground against holding confirmation hearings.
"We intend to exercise the constitutional power granted the Senate under Article II, Section 2 to ensure the American people are not deprived of the opportunity to engage in a full and robust debate over the type of jurist they wish to decide some of the most critical issues of our time. Not since 1932 has the Senate confirmed in a presidential election year a Supreme Court nominee to a vacancy arising in that year. And it is necessary to go even further back — to 1888 — in order to find an election year nominee who was nominated and confirmed under divided government, as we have now," Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans wrote in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in February. "Accordingly, given the particular circumstances under which this vacancy arises, we wish to inform you of our intention to exercise our constitutional authority to withhold consent on any nominee to the Supreme Court submitted by this President to fill Justice Scalia’s vacancy. Because our decision is based on constitutional principle and born of a necessity to protect the will of the American people, this Committee will not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee until after our next President is sworn in on January 20, 2017."
More to come...
And McConnell will cave and vote on it.
NO, he is NOT!
There is no authority to “appoint”.
He can NOMINATE and the Senate can reject.
I’m shocked it wasn’t Sri Srinivasan.
FOX news is liking him .
Supposedly a moderate which means he will transform into a liberal with “pack” support from liberals already on the court.
Too many vowels.
Maybe if he Anglicizes his name he’ll get it next time.
If this guy gets through say goodbye to the second amendment... Liberal gun control dream right there people.... Now I say we should see a real Million Man march on D.C. in opposition of this and in support of Republicans .... Just like the liberals do when they don’t like something, we need to get out there and make some noise and shut Obama down once and for all it will be a hoot to see millions marching for gun rights in D.C. against Obama on his way out the door... I love it.
McConnell will hold it down for 6-to-8 weeks...then waste two weeks on discussions, and allow a vote. My humble bet is 1 or 2 Republicans vote with the Democrats. Other than recalling them and forcing them through another state election, there’s nothing much you can do.
Another second nominee by July, and maybe three to five Republicans vote with the Democrats.
If I were a betting guy....I’d say its impossible for the Republicans to hold this until January.
If Mitch doesn’t cave Hillary will be able to reappoint the judge again in a year.
his idol is Marshall, who, after a short read, I found out REALLY strengthened the SC and was highly IN FAVOR of fed rights over state rights.
and deciding if laws were unconstitutional.
great
This is a throwaway nominee. He is too old. The Democrats don’t want him. They’d rather have a young minority to spend 30 years shredding the Constitution and getting revenge against white folks. Obama knows damn well Garland has no chance. That’s the point. Democrat enthusiasm is at all-time lows. This is designed to boost it. Simple as that.
Pretty simple, either don’t hold hearings or Bork him out of principle.
This is all about amnesty, and continuing the endless spigot of illegal and criminal aliens and cheap labor.
That is the only thing that matters to the GOPe.
So whoever Obama nominates to the Court, that person will do whatever it takes to continue this invasion.
And so, it will be someone who is supposedly “moderate” - but that person will forward the amnesty, cheap labor and displacement of the American worker.
And because of that - cheap labor - the Republican establishment in the Senate will end up supporting that person to the Court so they can get their cheap labor agenda tied like a noose around the neck of America via the court.
Period.
Nice photo. Where’s his middle finger, though?
majority of the people (idiots) want one picked.
but I don’t think it would hurt the presidential vote.
if Trump and the repubs were working together, trump could come out and say “pick one now” and the repubs could just not do it.
but they don’t play together.
The author, wittingly or unwittingly, is aiding and abetting this farcical president with the choice of the word "appoint".
The best STRATEGY the GOP should take is to “receive” the nomination but due to the lateness of the nomination means that we really cant begin scheduling hearings until after the summer break (Back in Sept).
Then start a slow roll of the hearings from Sept till the top of Nov. Basically wait till the election. If the Dems win the election, evaluate the nominee against a potential Hillary or Sanders nominee. If this nominee is marginally better, go ahead and confirm them.
However (Hopefully) if the GOP nominee wins, vote down the nominee in committee and allow the incoming President the opportunity to nominate.
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