Obama should have made a more reasonable appointment and had a better presidential candidate.
Obama should have made a more reasonable appointment and had a better presidential candidate.
As a teenager, I was taken to various houses and flats above takeaways in the north of England, to be beaten, tortured and raped over 100 times. I was called a “white slag” and “white ****” as they beat me.
-Ella Hill
More reasonable than Merrick Garland? Not that that matters to the actual point: the Republicans told Obama they wouldn't talk to anyone he put forth, not just Garland. Again, no president is going to get a SCOTUS nominee confirmed with an opposition senate in the foreseeable future. That is something the Republicans did to play petty politics. You are fine with that, so you may want to hold back on calling out partisan moves on the supreme court. Don't try to suddenly pretend as if you care about the non-partisan nature of the supreme court.
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
Are the Republicans the only problem here??? Really!
I think there is more to this than simple party politics and not just Republicans.
Have a read: http://harvardpolitics.com/united-st...-and-remedies/
Among the points raised, the law clerks contribute the the divide by the the justices pulling clerks with a bias built in for their personal ideologies. The courts seam to making more ruling with a very split vote by the court which in turn raises the stakes when a new judge is selected. Other good points in the Harvard article. Some I agree with and others I do not agree with. To blame this all on a single party is not even close to being a reasoned argument.