In March 2016, @BarackObama nominated Merrick Garland to a position as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. At the time @senatemajldr refused to hold hearings saying that the American people would deserve to be heard In the Presidential election that was 9 months away.1/6
In fact, #McConnell refused to hold hearings even though the Senate had confirmed Garland several times before for lower court benches. Now, that same Senate leader is saying that, should an opening on #SCOTUS occur before this fall’s election, now only 7 months away, he (2/6)
would certainly move it through. Even without a #SCOTUS opening, and in the face of important bills needed to help the country through the pandemic, #McConnell is going to call the Senate back to push through lower court appointments that are extremely important in their (3/6)
own right. They are so important that the 114th Congress under Leader McConnell held up at least 7 circuit court vacancies and 71 district vacancies that were President Obama’s appointments, closing down the process in May of the 2016 election year. #MitchMcConnell plays (4/6)
politics with the best of them-to the detriment of the American people. Many of those the #Republicans have already confirmed seem to have been appointed for their political positions rather than their judicial qualifications and several were seen as unqualified. (5/6)
Of course every administration has its biases, but this #Senate under @SenateMaj has brought it to a new level and we are the worse off for it. (6/6) thehill.com/homenews/senat…
