Merrick Garland Now Holds the Record for Longest Supreme Court Wait
The party name ought to change to obstructionist. The citizens of these united states have had enough of this extreme brand of conservatism.
Wednesday marked a bleak achievement for Merrick Garland.
He passed Louis Brandeis as the Supreme Court nominee with the longest wait for a Senate hearing.
And while Brandeis’ saga ended with his 1916 confirmation Garland’s prospects remain, at best, unclear.
Republicans who control the Senate — currently on summer break — still refuse to grant Garland a hearing, saying it should be up to President Obama’s successor to pick a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February.
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