The Republican Senate isn't budging on President Obama's modern Supreme Court nominee. Could anything pursuade them to act? Perhaps Chief Justice John Roberts can.
Last month,the chief justice spoke out with some disgust and impatience about the court's confirmation process, calling upon the Senate to produce certain that nominees are qualified and to leave politics out of the process.
Two weeks later, and Justice Antonin Scalia died. Judge Merrick Garland has been selected to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court.
Adam Liptak,Supreme Court correspondent for our partner The modern York Times, says that given the unprecedented refusal by Senate Republicans to even consider Justice Garland before the election, and there may be a moment for Justice Roberts to express his own feelings about the U.
S. Senate.
Source: wnyc.org