In an op-ed Portman referred to Scalia as a respected jurist and the acknowledged intellectual leader of the four conservative justices on a balanced Supreme Court, with four conservative and four liberal justices and a swing vote that has often determined the outcome.
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The Supreme Court has sway over cases that affect the Hispanic community, including education, voting rights and executive actions by President Barack Obama that extend deportation protections to undocumented immigrants, Saavedra said.
Of course, the issue is very partisan; some may argue entirely partisan as Garland has been lauded as an excellent judge from many quarters.
“I enjoyed talking to him but nothing has changed”, Grassley told CNN on Tuesday. Democrats refused to act on President George W. Bush’s 2001 nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a panel viewed as a path to a Supreme Court seat.
“While I say the judge is without a doubt a very, very smart, very knowledgeable, very pleasant individual, I am more convinced now than I was before that this is a choice that should be made by the next president”, Toomey said.
Their half-hour sitdown at the U.S. Capitol is the latest two-step in a complicated dance that’s consumed Congress since Justice Antonin Scalia died in February and Obama nominated Garland as his replacement a few weeks later. Grassley is heavily favored to win, but he drew a well-known Democratic challenger, former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, after he announced that his committee would not hold hearings.Kirk, who is a Chicago Cubs fan, also said he asked Garland which baseball team he supports.
While some Senate Republicans and prominent conservatives are already serving up 44-year-old Sen. “Now it’s time for Republicans to do their job by holding public hearings on the President’s nominee, considering his nomination in good faith, and giving Chief Judge Garland an up-or-down vote”. I think he is somebody who really understands that this is just about calling balls and strikes in terms of applying existing law.
After receiving a barrage of criticism from the right for his comments, a Moran aide said on CNN earlier this month, “Senator Moran remains committed to preventing this president from putting another justice on the highest court in the land”. A tie decision allows the lower court’s ruling to stand. “That would represent a breakdown of the process”, Earnest said. Is that what the American people want?
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“We knew this would be not a week process, but a month-by-month process”, said Sen.
