I truly hope Merrick Garland is a sacrificial lamb

[DefenseLawyer]

He's terrible the issues I care about most, police power and the rights of the accused.

[ejbr]

1. He's a parting gift from Obama

to the repigs; we should take the White House and the Senate, leaving them with few options. Hopfully, they're too stupid to take it.

[Firebrand Gary]

2. How interesting, Bernie Sander's apparently disagrees with you.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1380624

[shawn703]

3. Calling for Senate hearings on the nominee isn't the same as an endorsement

[Firebrand Gary]

4. Directly from the article.

"Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling Judge Merrick Garland a strong nominee for the Supreme Court and arguing that refusing to hold hearings for his nomination would be unprecedented."

[shawn703]

7. Same could have been said about Roberts

Doesn't mean he's agree with his positions once his views come out in hearings.

[DefenseLawyer]

6. Bernie Sanders is running for President, I'm a criminal defense lawyer

What he has to say on the subject and what I have to say would presumably have a different focus. The politics of it aside, Garland is arguably to the right of Scalia on criminal justice.

[LiberalElite]

5. Whassamatta, tired of Thirteenth Dimension Chess?

I sure am....

[UTUSN]

8. Well, if he is, he deserves some kind of honor for taking it on. n/t