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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 08:04 AM Mar 2016

Weekly Address: President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination

Source: White House

In this week's address, the President discussed his decision to nominate Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States. Chief Judge Garland has earned the respect of both Democrats and Republicans through his years of public service. The President made clear that even though we are in the midst of a volatile political season, we should treat the appointment of a Supreme Court justice seriously. The President repeated his call for Republicans in the United States Senate to give Chief Judge Garland a fair hearing and a vote. The President did his job. Now Senators should do theirs and quickly move to consider the President’s nominee.





Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/19/weekly-address-president-obamas-supreme-court-nomination



(snip)
I fulfilled my Constitutional duty. Now it’s time for Senators to do theirs. I hope that they take the time to reflect on the importance of this process to our country. I hope that they’ll act fairly. And I hope they’ll work in a bipartisan fashion to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. That’s how we can uphold our pledge to liberty and justice for all – for our time and for generations to come.


full transcript at link
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/19/weekly-address-president-obamas-supreme-court-nomination
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Weekly Address: President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination (Original Post) cal04 Mar 2016 OP
Yes, you are a very clever man. Keep yakking... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #1
I hate to burn DU eyeballs and ears with THIS, but for those who want to see what the GOP... CBHagman Mar 2016 #2
K&R BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #3

CBHagman

(16,968 posts)
2. I hate to burn DU eyeballs and ears with THIS, but for those who want to see what the GOP...
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:14 AM
Mar 2016

....cooked up in response, there's this.

BumRushDaShow

(127,264 posts)
3. K&R
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:24 PM
Mar 2016

And thanks for the weekly post!



It will be an interesting next couple months and I hope we can shame them into moving forward with a SCOTUS confirmation.

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