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King (4) Zalewski (23) Ervin (28) Waguespack (32) Brookins (21) Moore (17) Resolution
Call for Senate hearing regarding nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Resolution Calling for Senate Hearings Regarding the Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States provides that the Senate shall provide advice and consent for appointments to the Supreme Court ofthe United States; and
WHEREAS, The Senate's constitutional duty to advise and consent on judicial nominees is one of its most important and solemn responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, The Senate has confirmed more than a dozen Supreme Court justices in presidential election years, including five in the last 100 years; and
WHEREAS, The Senate has confirmed justices in presidential election years in which the executive and legislative branches of government were divided between two political parties, including Justice Anthony Kennedy's confirmation in 1988; and
WHEREAS, The Senate Judiciary Committee has never denied a Supreme Court nominee a hearing since it began holding public confirmation hearings; and
WHEREAS, If the Senate refuses to consider a Supreme Court nominee until after the next President is sworn into office, it will result in the longest Supreme Court vacancy caused by Senate inaction since the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court serves an essential function resolving critical questions of law that affect our community, its economy, and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, The President has nominated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who "has earned a track record of building consensus as a thoughtful, fair-minded judge who follows the law;" and
WHEREAS, Judge Garland is well-qualified and has more judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in history; and
WHEREAS, Forcing the Supreme Court to fun...
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