United States president Barack Obama asserts that the Senate has a “constitutional obligation” to vote on a president’s nomination to the Supreme Court, contradicting the stand of most Republicans and some legal scholars. However, senate Republicans believe they are already fulfilling their duty by not considering Obama’s nominee at all.
Advertisement
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to open doors to hearings on Garland, saying the slot on the court ought to be filled by the next president.
During an interview with Buzzfeed, Obama said that some Republicans are anxious that Trump isn’t even qualified to select a Supreme Court nominee.
Obama also said Trump hasn’t released any names he might nominate to the seat held by now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia, and that silence ought to disturb those in the Republican camps.
Historically, the Senate has never failed to vote for a Supreme Court justice nominee since 1900, and it has never taken them more than 125 days to vote after the President announces his nomination, according to Ramos’ office.
A USA appeals court on Monday delayed consideration of a challenge by 27 states to President Barack Obama’s federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired plants, meaning a decision will not come until after the November presidential election.
But now, Obama said, “Republicans are looking at a Republican nominee who many of them say isn’t qualified to be president, much less appoint somebody”.
“It’s now clear that Portman is willing to let Donald Trump reshape the Supreme Court for generations – a reckless and unsafe idea that underscores how out-of-touch Portman’s politics are with Ohio’s common sense values”, said David Pepper, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.
Advertisement
“Precisely because this election year has been so insane, because we have a number of Republicans say that they’re concerned about their nominee, it shows why you can’t politicize a Supreme Court vacancy”, Obama stated, as quoted by PBS NewsHour. The presidential nominee was confirmed on a vote of 76-23 back in 1997.
