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8 year oldRepublicans are losing the argument over Merrick Garland. And it’s only going to get worse.
May 9, 2016 at 20:36
The nomination of Merrick Garland to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court may have slipped f-rom the front page amid all the attention to Donald Trump’s ascension, but the parties are still arguing about it, and something interesting is going on. As Burgess Everett reports, conservative groups are significantly outspending liberal groups in trying to pressure Republican senators to support Garland or at least allow a hearing and vote on his nomination. Nevertheless, Republican unity hasn’t cracked — to date only two GOP senators, Susan Collins and Mark Kirk, have said they support granting Garland a hearing. But what’s notable is this: not only are Republicans losing on this issue, ...
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