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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoRemember: the reason Garland got nominated for SCOTUS in the first place was that he was so conservative Obama figured Mitch McConnell couldn’t possibly object to him.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-23 days agoMerrick garland was actually recommended by one of the senate GOP members as a “reasonable” choice that Obama would never nominate. So Obama nominated him to make a point, and the Senate tsk tsked anyway.
Merrick Garland & fecklessness?
Remember: the reason Garland got nominated for SCOTUS in the first place was that he was so conservative Obama figured Mitch McConnell couldn’t possibly object to him.
Merrick garland was actually recommended by one of the senate GOP members as a “reasonable” choice that Obama would never nominate.
So Obama nominated him to make a point, and the Senate tsk tsked anyway.