Our judicial vacancy problem extends beyond the Supreme Court and Judge Merrick Garland; it is the result of a systemic, politically motivated effort to deny President Obama his constitutionally mandated power to nominate federal court judges.
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In keeping with the GOP strategy laid out by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the two senators say a presidential election year is not the right time to start a Supreme Court nomination process. We strongly urge the Senate to promptly move forward with a hearing and a confirmation vote.
“Conducting a heated, divisive confirmation fight in the middle of an ugly presidential election – and that certainly describes our presidential election season that is well under way – would do more harm than good”, Hatch said Tuesday at a forum on Capitol Hill.
Coburn said he would not support Garland’s nomination. What case could the Senate bring to remove Garland from this vital, most important court, and leave the court without its full complement of nine justices?
“I think the Senate ought to do its duty, and the committee ought to vote him up or down”, Coburn said. Among the swing voters, not one of them said that this was something that would really impact their vote in the fall.
We would add, “Which would include adding another rock-solid pro-abortion vote to the High Court”. “There is certainly no one in the United States more qualified to be on the Supreme Court than Merrick Garland”. “You should demand your senators do their job by providing this nominee a public hearing”. We are called to lead. When the Senate reconvened, the members confirmed Brennan as justice. “The issue is when and how, not whether, the Senate will consider a nominee for the Scalia vacancy”.
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At a Louisville forum earlier this month, Kentucky attorney Richard Dawahare remarked that regardless of what politicians claim about the so-called Biden Rule or the need for the American people to “decide”, there is actually a set precedent for this exact scenario. For this reason, the NFIB came out against Judge Garland, taking a stand on a Supreme Court nomination for the first time in its 70-plus year history.
