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3 Jan 2017, 9:34 am
Democrats accused Republicans of “stealing” a nomination that voters entrusted to President Barack Obama in his 2012 re-election.No funny business of the type discussed here and here happened.I wish Merrick Garland well in his continued service on the Court of Appeals, and I thank President Obama for not doing anything bizarre in the transition from the old to the new Congress today. [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 2:30 pm by Heather K. Gerken
   Unfortunately, we’re seeing lots of evidence these days that our “pluralism premiums” are not paid up; federalism is just part of that story. [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 8:46 am
. 'Obviously if you’re worth billions, it takes a lot longer.'"From "Here are the eight Trump Cabinet picks Democrats plan to target" (in WaPo).And what about getting Merrick Garland onto the Supreme Court? [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 6:00 am by Michele Berger
[Stanford Social Innovation Review] Dakota Access Pipeline Dakota Pipeline Update: When Resistance Is a Matter of Protection [Nonprofit Quarterly] American Indians Shouldn’t Get Shortchanged by Philanthropy [Chronicle of Philanthropy] Merrick Garland’s Nomination and the Empty Supreme Court Seat Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court [CNN] The Supreme Court Needs a Ninth Justice Immediately [The Washington Post] Zika Epidemic Zika Spread Prompts… [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 7:24 am by Bill
Even the one death I was glad of was spoiled when the Senate declined to take up Merrick Garland's appointment. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 10:41 am by Tom Smith
Obama would re-nominate Garland to the Supreme Court, the Senate would immediately take up Durbin’s motion to confirm Garland, and then Democrats would use the nuclear option to ram through Garland’s confirmation with only 34 of 100 duly elected senators voting in the affirmative. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  More.ICYMI: The University of Chicago's Geoffrey Stone likens the Republican Senators' refusal to give Judge Merrick Garland a hearing to FDR's Court-Packing Plan. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  When Republicans start to say that they do not share that sense, and they realize that all they need to do is to refuse to accept old norms, then all bets are off.A (Possibly) Extreme Example of Trump/Republican HardballAgain, the Garland example of constitutional hardball is by now old news, and it was not Donald Trump’s doing. [read post]
15 Nov 2016, 3:29 am by SHG
Lawprof Stephen Clark has gone full Timothy Leary down the Garland rabbit hole. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 10:32 am by Jonathan H. Adler
(And, just for the record, let me reiterate that President Obama lacks the power to bypass the Senate on the Garland nomination.) [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 4:28 am by Eric Turkewitz
” Having recognized that his own nominations can be torpedoed (as well as anything else he proposes), acting presidential entails telling Republican senators that held up Garland that Americans are sick and tired of stupid political games, that he has come to Washington to actually get stuff done, and therefore re-nominates him. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 10:32 am by Shea Denning
You may recall that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the Chief Judge of the D.C. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 10:32 am by Shea Denning
You may recall that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the Chief Judge of the D.C. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:39 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Hill, Alexander Bolton reports that “Hillary Clinton will face a tough decision on the Supreme Court if she wins the presidency on Tuesday,” because she will have to choose between re-nominating Chief Judge Merrick Garland or succumbing to pressure from the left “to jettison Obama’s centrist nominee and pick a younger and more liberal judge. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 4:42 am by Edith Roberts
” And at NPR, Wade Goodwyn and Nina Totenberg assess the political landscape and question whether “this continued refusal to act on the Garland nomination” is “a smart move for conservatives. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 4:34 am by SHG
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that “It’s much more difficult for us to do our job if we are not what we’re intended to be ― a court of nine. [read post]