Tagged Merrick Garland

SCOTUS Unites Trump and Senate GOP

Justice

Differences aside, Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are strongly united on one issue — the balance of the Supreme Court. While Democrats are pushing the GOP-led Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland by the end of President Barack Obama’s term, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been resolute in blocking him, saying the…

America has a judicial vacancy crisis. Congress, get to work!

Activism

[lead]Senators left for summer recess without filling dozens of vacancies on our nation’s federal courts – and that includes a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court previously held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Visit your senators’ offices to say #DoYourJob and get to work to fill the Supreme Court and lower court vacancies ASAP[/lead]…