Obama set to announce Merrick Garland as Supreme Court nominee.

[sarabanda]

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he has chosen a Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Antonin Scalia.

According to a White House official, that choice will be Merrick Garland, chief justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Garland, 63, was a clerk for the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and served in the Justice Department in several leadership roles, including Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General.

Garland reportedly edged out two other top candidates considered by the president: Sri Srinivasan, a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; and Paul Watford, a judge in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Obama will formally announce Garland as his nominee live from the White House Rose Garden at 11 a.m. ET.


https://www.yahoo.com/politics/obama-scotus-nominee-announcement-live-134637234.html

[JavaLove]

The republicans are going to reject that so much.

I understand they called him "a fine man" just last week and he appears to be rather centrist, however, these guys want to reject anything Obama throws at them, especially if they have the opportunity to allow a more right-leaning Supreme Court be chosen next year.

I think some will like him but, if they do their job properly which has not been done for the past few years, they will vote against anything or anyone.

[aardvark15]

Does anyone know anything about Merrick Garland?  I haven't heard about him before.  They say he's centrist but is he a registered democrat or republican?

[vero]

McConnell believes his obstruction propelled his party to power, he and his party have never been much on statistics If they were the vote for Republicans would have been no surprise to him.

[Cryptock]

Let's see if he will get the confirmed

[saddampbuh]

another jew

[galdur]

Well, I don´t know; sort of looks like a weirdo. If Obama and the weirdos around him like him he´s probably a weirdo I guess.