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Merrick Garland Now Holds the Record for Longest Supreme Court Wait
Wednesday marked a bleak achievement for Merrick Garland.
He passed Louis Brandeis as the Supreme Court nominee with the longest wait for a Senate hearing.
And while Brandeis' saga ended with his 1916 confirmation Garland's prospects remain, at best, unclear.
Republicans who control the Senate — currently on summer break — still refuse to grant Garland a hearing, saying it should be up to President Obama's successor to pick a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February.
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