Obama rebukes McConnell on SCOTUS: 'The American people did decide'
President Obama on Thursday rebuked Senate Republicans for insisting they won’t consider his Supreme Court nominee.
"One of the most puzzling arguments that I've heard from [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and some other Republicans is this notion that the American people should decide,” Obama said in an interview with NPR.
"Well, in fact the American people did decide — back in 2012 when they elected me president of the United States with sufficient electoral votes."
Garland traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The selection of Garland disappointed some progressive allies of the president, who were hoping he would add diversity to the high court or pick someone with stronger liberal credentials. But in a conference call with allied organizations, Obama urged them to join the fight.
“So the American people have already had a say, but now what we need to do is make sure the American people will remind senators that they have a job to do,” he said on a conference call Thursday.
“Senators that are trying to obstruct the process need to be told that we expect the Supreme Court to be above partisan politics, and that the court should be operating at full capacity to help the American people.” - Read More at the Hill
posted by Fakhria @ 3/18/2016
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