Republican Pennsylvania Senator to Meet With Merrick Garland
Source: times
WASHINGTON — Senator Patrick J. Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican facing a difficult re-election fight in a Democratic-leaning state, said Wednesday that he would meet with Judge Merrick B. Garland, an apparent response to calls for him to consider President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.
One day after Pennsylvania’s other senator, Bob Casey, met with Judge Garland, Mr. Toomey said that at the request of White House officials he would sit down with the nominee as a courtesy. But Mr. Toomey emphasized that he had not changed his mind about opposing Judge Garland’s confirmation to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month.
“The vacancy left by Justice Scalia’s passing will not be filled until after the American people weigh in and select a new president, and I believe that is the best approach for deciding whether to alter the balance of the Supreme Court,” he said in a statement. “I plan on making that clear to Judge Garland when I meet with him.”
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You are right - he must go
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