President Barack Obama nominated federal judge, Merrick Garland, to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
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But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others have spoken out about rejecting the president’s nomination, no matter who it was, by citing the “Biden rule”.
Schumer said Republican leaders in the Senate should allow confirmation hearings to be held.
Article II of the U.S. Constitution states that the president shall nominate Supreme Court justices “by and with the advice and consent of the Senate”. Judge Garland is a widely respected public servant who has proven his loyalty to his country and the law throughout his impressive career.
Well, Sen. Hatch, the president’s done what he said he would.
It was possible the Senate could take up Garland’s nomination after the election, Hatch said. “Like I said, I plan to meet with, him but that’s a decision that I make on my own”.
Without Scalia, the nine-member Supreme Court is evenly split with four liberals and four conservative justices.
“Any Obama nominee, like this one, will support the president’s regulatory agenda, which is counter to the interests of North Dakota”, Hoeven said. But, Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said the president’s pick wasn’t going far. “The president has every right to nominate someone, and the Senate has the constitutional responsibility to decide if it’s the right person at the right time”. George Washington was actually the first to make a Supreme Court appointment during an election year, which he did in 1796, the year of the race between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Roberts, who voted in favor of Garland’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1997, said the nomination “should not be rushed through by a lame-duck president during an election year”.
Of Garland specifically, the Arizona senator said that he has heard “nothing but good about him”.
He’s got a long resume, which includes supervising the investigation into the Oklahoma City Bombing.
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Next, they would have a vote in the Judiciary Committee. Judge Garland, 63, is now the chief judge of that court, where he has served with distinction while compiling a record as a centrist. By then, Republicans would know if Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton had won the presidency and might want to confirm Garland rather than being faced with a more liberal choice from Clinton.
