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Nearly 300 days ago, on a sunny March morning, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Merrick Garland’s nomination continues to generate coverage, which comes from Phil Helsel, Corky Siemaszko and Erik Ortiz of NBC News, Harper Neidig of The Hill, Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby of CNN, as well as Eugene Scott, Carl Hulse of The New York Times, Lawrence Hurley of Reuters, Sara
NOTE TO READERS: In a poll taken last month for the Boston-based Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, only thirty-nine percent of those surveyed could explain that the Senate is assigned the role of advising and consenting to new Supreme Court nominees.
This morning President Barack Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit to the Supreme Court. This blog covered the nomination live.
We’ve made our way from our usual workplace, the Supreme Court, to the White House this morning after the dawn brought the news that President Obama would announce his pick for the vacancy on the Court.
Below the jump the blog reproduces the transcript of President Barack Obama’s announcement of his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. The transcript is also available through the White House. Good morning. Everybody, please have a seat.
Below the jump the blog reproduces the transcript of Judge Merrick Garland’s acceptance of his nomination to the Supreme Court. The transcript is also available through the White House.
Below the jump the blog reproduces the transcript of Senator Mitch McConnell’s response on the Senate floor to Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The transcript is also available through the senator’s webpage.