Chief Justice Roberts denies bid to force Senate action on Garland nomination
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts has denied a lawyer’s bid to get the Supreme Court to force the Senate to consider the high court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
Roberts on Monday did not comment in rejecting an emergency appeal by lawyer Steven Michel of New Mexico. Michel argued that Senate Republicans’ obstruction of President Barack Obama’s nomination of Garland violates Michel’s rights as a voter under the provision of the Constitution that provides for popular election of senators.
Lower courts had previously dismissed Michel’s case. He filed his suit in the summer, well before the election of Donald Trump seemingly doomed Garland’s nomination.
Meanwhile, Garland soon will resume hearing cases on the federal appeals court in Washington, where he serves as chief judge.
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and as for not looking into this constitutional questions, he should be impeached, he sure can decide if a building has the same protections as a human being.
This political "normalization" by fascist's is just BS, whoever this loser 62 million( serial predator) to 65 million of the votes puts before the senate he is not a legitimate judge to sit on that bench, obstruction is still obstruction and every republican is a fascist----------the moment they denied that vote for the presidents nominee that was the day and time this country turned into what's called a third world country, lock, stock, and barrel, and they own it lock, stock, and barrel and whole bunch of people are going to get screwed, worse
