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Showing Original Post only (View all)Brian Sandoval, Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted for Supreme Court vacancy [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Brian Sandoval, the centrist Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted by the White House for a possible nomination to the Supreme Court, according to two people familiar with the process.
Sandoval is increasingly viewed by some key Democrats as perhaps the only nominee President Obama could select who would be able to break a Republican blockade in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pledged no action on any Supreme Court nomination before Novembers election, saying the decision ought to be left to the next president.
The White House declined to comment Wednesday for this story. White House press secretary Josh Earnest has emphasized in recent days that the president has not arrived at a short list of potential nominees.
Sandoval is increasingly viewed by some key Democrats as perhaps the only nominee President Obama could select who would be able to break a Republican blockade in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pledged no action on any Supreme Court nomination before Novembers election, saying the decision ought to be left to the next president.
The White House declined to comment Wednesday for this story. White House press secretary Josh Earnest has emphasized in recent days that the president has not arrived at a short list of potential nominees.
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Brian Sandoval, Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted for Supreme Court vacancy [View all]
brooklynite
Feb 2016
OP
I don't blame you. And please include this laundromat vulture in your thoughts:
forest444
Feb 2016
#61
It looks like a carefully considered way to put the Republicans in a bigger bind...
Human101948
Feb 2016
#6
Because no one candidate will agree with every single issue. He may be with us on a set of important
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#22
No one qualified to a SCOTUS Justice would allow themselves to be unconstitutionally seated.
onenote
Feb 2016
#21
And if there was a recess then the President could fill the position (for a limited time)
onenote
Feb 2016
#30
Tell me how Bernie is going to get a liberal judge past a Republican senate.
NobodyHere
Feb 2016
#27
As usual, voting for Obama was a vote for the lesser of the two evils... .
FighttheFuture
Feb 2016
#66
That is clever - he was put forward by Reid and nominated by Bush, confirmed 89-0
Yo_Mama
Feb 2016
#50