5/1/2016
Unit 4 Section 4 Judiciary
The Republicans' Rash Rejection of Merrick Garland
http://harvardpolitics.com/united-states/the-republicans-rash-rejection-of-merrick-garland/
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has left a void in the Supreme Court. Unlike other general appointments, the confirmation process for the recent nominee, Merrick Garland, has been halted by the republican party. The Supreme Court has been for many weeks been an eight person court which is very harmful to both parties when it comes to decisions. The republican party though has refused to hear the confirmation process of Merrick Garland. Overall this decision only hurts the republican party in the upcoming election and the SCOTUS.
The POTUS, Barrack Obama, is in the dying days of his presidency, but he still has the ability to nominate justices. However, the republican party wants to deny him of making the court a "liberal" court. This decision to not allow the process to occur creates a very poor image of the Republican Party. Many senators that are up for re-election are in danger because they refuse to open up to Merrick Garland. Also, the party looks foolish because they will not allow for the process to take place, even after large members of the party stated that Merrick Garland would be the best person for President Obama to appoint. This also hurts the SCOTUS because now decisions that result in 4-4 will end up going back to the lower courts decision. This is bad because the Federal District Court's decision does not set a national precedent. This relates back to the republican party because now the courts are in a left sided equilibrium so it will be harder for the courts to pass the right's agenda.
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