Posted on 06/17/2021 12:02:40 PM PDT by Rummyfan
If there were a scintilla of doubt that McConnell did the nation a great favor, that doubt should have been put to rest during Garland’s June 15, 2021, speech on “Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism.” The ideological purge will make Lois Lerner blush.
Mitch McConnell likes to boast, including recently, that his most consequential achievement in his Senate career was keeping Merrick Garland from filling the Scalia seat after the death of the great conservative Justice.
McConnell, with a consistency his detractors refuse to acknowledge, followed historical practice and precedent in refusing to allow the Senate to take up the Obama nomination of Garland in an election year where the party controlling the Senate (Republicans) differed from the party controlling the presidency (Democrats). The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 was consistent with this practice, because the same party (Republicans) controlled the Senate and presidency.
In 2017, Neil Gorsuch — not Merrick Garland — filled the Scalia seat after Trump’s victory in 2016. So far, so good.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
Mitch McConnell Did The Nation A Great Favor By Keeping Merrick Garland Off The Supreme Court
Garland has shown quite clearly that he has no business being allowed to be anywhere near the SCOTUS...or for that matter, the DoJ.
I don’t know, but the article is praising McConnell for not allowing him on the SC.
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This didn’t age well.
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