THE BATTLE lines have been drawn. All eleven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have taken a solemn oath not to “hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee until our next president is sworn in on January 20, 2017”. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is still pledging to nominate a justice “in the weeks ahead” and identifies, in a post at SCOTUSblog, the characteristics he’s seeking in Antonin Scalia’s successor. (“A sterling record”, “a deep respect for the judiciary’s role” and “an understanding of the way the world really works” are Mr Obama’s three requirements.)
What would happen if Mr Obama were to lose his mind and nominate a far-right conservative like Raymond Gruender, a judge on the court of appeals for the 8th circuit? Would Republicans stand on principle and refuse to so much as have tea with the likes of Mr Gruender because they are committed to letting “the People...have this...Continue reading
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