he listens...no one knows the system better...and we are forever grateful for him keeping ............forgot....off the supreme court.
the current leader of the DOJ ! Merrick Garland.
We tend to only look at the negatives.
That was one VERY HUGE positive that they did do.
This vacancy arose during Obama’s final year as president. Hours after Scalia’s death was announced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would consider 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.[1][2][3] Senate Democrats criticized the move as being unprecedented, and responded saying that there was sufficient time to vote on a nominee before the election.[4]”
Current attorney general.