Dear Donald,
After Kavanaugh gets rejected, you would make the country very very happy, if you proceed with an amazing gesture and nominate Garland.
Screw that damn list Mitch gave you and be your own man! Make us proud!
TIA
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So much has happened in the past two years that many may have forgotten what happened to Merrick Garland in the spring of 2016.
But filling in that recollection goes some distance in explaining a lot of what has happened since.
To recap, Garland was nominated to fill the 2016 vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death that February of Justice Antonin Scalia, an icon of conservative jurisprudence.
President Barack Obama quickly named Merrick Garland, then 63, to fill the seat. Garland had long been considered a prime prospect for the high court, serving as chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — a frequent source of justices that is sometimes called the "little Supreme Court."
Widely regarded as a moderate, Garland had been praised in the past by many Republicans, including influential senators such as Orrin Hatch of Utah.
But even before Obama had named Garland, and in fact only hours after Scalia's death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the sitting president to be null and void. He said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next president — to be elected later that year.
"Of course," said McConnell, "the American people should have a say in the court's direction. It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on the president and withhold its consent."
What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now
You want Garland.......well you'll have to wait for it........LOL
Did Trump nominate him..........Nope.........
no, but i am beseeching him to please consider the idea as an amazing gesture of unity for the country, in the event kavanaww gets promptly voted down.
Dear Donald,
After Kavanaugh gets rejected, you would make the country very very happy, if you proceed with an amazing gesture and nominate Garland.
Screw that damn list Mitch gave you and be your own man! Make us proud!
TIA
>>
So much has happened in the past two years that many may have forgotten what happened to Merrick Garland in the spring of 2016.
But filling in that recollection goes some distance in explaining a lot of what has happened since.
To recap, Garland was nominated to fill the 2016 vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death that February of Justice Antonin Scalia, an icon of conservative jurisprudence.
President Barack Obama quickly named Merrick Garland, then 63, to fill the seat. Garland had long been considered a prime prospect for the high court, serving as chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — a frequent source of justices that is sometimes called the "little Supreme Court."
Widely regarded as a moderate, Garland had been praised in the past by many Republicans, including influential senators such as Orrin Hatch of Utah.
But even before Obama had named Garland, and in fact only hours after Scalia's death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared any appointment by the sitting president to be null and void. He said the next Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the next president — to be elected later that year.
"Of course," said McConnell, "the American people should have a say in the court's direction. It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on the president and withhold its consent."
What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now
Kavanaugh will be confirmed next week.
Amy Coney Barret will be confirmed next year when Woo Woo Ginsberg calls it quits because everything is 5-4.
And the coup de grace will be replacing Breyer with Mike Lee in 2020 when he quits or dies.
The dims will scream bloody murder because it's a Presidential year, but Trump will just laugh at them as he cruises to reelection.