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 Presidents nominee.
Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/19/weekly-address-president-obamas-supreme-court-nomination
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I fulfilled my Constitutional duty. Now its 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 theyll act fairly. And I hope theyll work in a bipartisan fashion to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Thats 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
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)CBHagman
(16,968 posts)....cooked up in response, there's this.
BumRushDaShow
(127,264 posts)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.