Such meetings are aimed at shoring up Senate support for the nominee and generating media coverage.
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The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids and former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge said that now that Obama has nominated Garland, it’s time for Grassley to do his job by holding hearings. Thad Cochran (R-MS) – all said they would consider meeting with Garland.
McConnell and Sen. Jon Cornyn said Republicans remain committed to keeping Scalia’s seat vacant.
Past year there was her embarrassing and infuriating decision to join 46 Republican colleagues in signing the infamous open letter to the “Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran”. He said that failing to do so “will not only be an abdication of the Senate’s constitutional duty, it will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond fix”.
Obama announced choice at a ceremony in the Rose Garden, with Democratic Senate leaders and allies looking on. According to Japan Times, knowing that without the late Scalia in the Supreme Court, there is a split between four liberals and four conservatives and Srinivasan was the initial finalist to replace him.
“I’m not going to change my position, because it’s based on the principle of this nominee having the possibility of reshaping the court for generations, and I think it’s best to allow the American people to weigh in on that”, Portman said. These cases will touch the lives of every single person in our country, and deserve the consideration of a fully-seated bench on the Supreme Court. Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said after the announcement that the chamber would not consider Garland’s nomination. Both U.S. senators and at least three of the five representatives said Tuesday they are against Garland’s nomination going forward. The Republicans who voted in favor of confirmation are Sen.
And the nominee appears equipped for a fight.
Louisiana House Republicans, including Rep. Charles Boustany, John Fleming and Steve Scalise, released statements supporting Senate Republicans’ stance on Obama’s nominee.
The letter was signed by 11 members of the Senate Judicial committee, including North Carolina’s Thom Tillis.
Senate Republicans have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings or a vote on any nominee picked by the Democratic president for the lifetime position on the court. It’s the president’s obligation and responsibility to appoint a nominee.
But this year won’t be an easy road to the nation’s highest court.
Not only did people at the Oklahoma City National Memorial say they remembered the devastation of the bombing, they also said they remember Garland’s hard work to get justice for victims. He has served in the Justice Department during Clinton Administration.
In his current post, he is known for narrow, centrist opinions and rhetoric that is measured rather than inflammatory even when in dissent.
Garland was born and raised in the Chicago area, where he attended public schools and amassed a comic-book collection that he sold, Obama noted Wednesday, to help pay for law school. “Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term”.
A spokesman for Hoeven said the senator was reserving judgment on that question, for now.
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As a judge, Garland said Wednesday, “fidelity to the law” has always been a cornerstone to how he rules. Pat Roberts and Utah Sen.
