February 26, 2016

The right’s SCOTUS unreality: Republicans are justifying obstructionism by just making stuff up

The right’s SCOTUS unreality: Republicans are justifying obstructionism by just making stuff up

"The problem they encounter is that there is no actual principle that justifies blocking a Supreme Court nominee for nearly a year and denying them so much as a confirmation hearing. To get around this hurdle, they appear to have settled on a novel tactic: They’re just going to make stuff up. Not surprisingly, much of this nonsense is coming from Senate Republicans themselves."