In an interview with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, President Barack Obama spoke about why he nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Partial transcript as follows:
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that there’s “no question” Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland would be “on the liberal side” of all the “crucial issues” decided by “the Scalia majority” on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer
Friday, while discussing meeting with President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the Republicans made up the
Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women For America, warns on Breitbart News Daily that conservatives face the most important battle of their lives in opposing Obama’s liberal Supreme Court pick, Merrick Garland.
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) explained his decision to meet with President Barack Obama’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, Judge Merrick Garland. Flake acknowledged GOP senators were doing the proper thing
Several more GOP senators say they are willing to meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court seat left open by the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan stated that the blocking of Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland is “blacklash” and “some on the Hill” don’t like that the first black president is in
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was spotted entering the White House several hours prior to a Women’s History Month reception following President Barack Obama’s announcement of his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Senate should “bury” President Obama’s judicial nomination and declare it “Dead on Arrival,” Gun Owners of America (GOA) urged the Senate.
Wednesday on MSNBC, while discussing President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said despite the Republican Senate leadership insisting they won’t giving Garland a hearing, they “will crack” and have a hearing and a vote.
A small group of U.S. senators say they will meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.
Wednesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said “the Senate will continue to observe the Biden rule” in response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the on the Supreme Court left by
Sen. Mike Lee reaffirms that the next nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court should be chosen only after a new president is elected and the American people have a voice in that choice.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to take Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But Republicans have already vowed that there will be no vote on his nomination through the end of 2016, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell citing the “Biden rule,” i.e. that nominations should not happen in a lame-duck, presidential election year.
CNN Senior Political Reporter Manu Raju stated that Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland “has a liberal, a more progressive bent in his background” on Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Raju said of the Garland pick, “I spoke to a number of
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Here are five quick facts you need to know about Garland.
President Barack Obama has called Republicans’ bluff in nominating Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court.