With the death of Antonin Scalia, the president nominated a justice to the Supreme Court (Merrick Garland) knowing full well that members of the Republican Party in The House were going to stonewall the confirmation process. What I don't understand is why Mr. Obama didn't nominate a justice to the court who has already been confirmed? Three people are alive today who have already been confirmed for the job: Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens, and David Souter. Sandra Day O'Connor and John Paul Stevens are most certainly too old to keep up with the workload, but David Souter is a viable option. By electing a justice who has already been confirmed (and possibly doesn't need to undergo another conformation hearing), Obama would bypass the Republican Party's effort to blockade his nomination, and thus have a lopsided amount of justices sitting on the bench for the upcoming season of hearings and litigations, therefore allowing the court to do it's job to the fullest extent with the proper uneven representation.
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