Sen. Chuck Schumer doubles down on blocking Trump’s SCOTUS pick

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) reiterated his intention to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, indicating on “State of the Union” Sunday he’d rather leave the 9th seat — formerly occupied by the late Antonin Scalia — open if “the nominee is not bipartisan and mainstream.”

 

The seat has been open since Scalia’s death last February. Former President Barack Obama tried to fill the seat on his way out the door with appeals court judge Merrick Garland, but the Senate refused to consider Garland and declined to vote on his nomination.

 

Since that time, Senate Democrats have been seething over the slight and have vowed to block any Trump pick.

 

Meanwhile, liberal groups are gearing up for a fight and already calling Trump’s list of 20 potential nominees “very extreme.”

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The party of No Way.

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America Needs Constitutionalist Judges, not Conservative Ones

 

January 23, 2017

by Michael S. Kochin 2 Comments

In foreign and domestic policy, Barack Obama has left a legacy to President Trump that it will take years of hard work to overcome. The racial tensions and hatred of police that Obama and his Holder/Lynch Justice Department did so much to encourage, for example, will not vanish overnight. But in one area, as many have noted, Obama has left opportunities and not just … [Read more...]

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