Subject: Montgomery Advertiser Editorial on SCOTUS -- bullets
From: "Kasnetz, Joel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 09:38:42 -0700

Just in case anyone was wondering what the Montgomery Advertiser thought about SCOTUS. Not super useful for Shelby and Sessions but w/e.

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial: "Alabama Voters Should Demand [Senators Jeff] Sessions And [Richard] Shelby Push For Timely Action On Garland's Supreme Court Nomination." "Most people who refuse to do their jobs get canned. Not so with GOP senators in Congress who refuse to hold hearings or vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate, in March, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican senators, including Alabama's Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, immediately began playing politics with the judicial process, saying they wouldn't consider any nominee to the high court until a new president takes office in January...Anti-Obama obstructionists in the Senate should stop their disrespectful dereliction of duty. Alabama voters should demand Sessions and Shelby push for timely action on Garland's Supreme Court nomination." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial: "Most People Who Refuse To Do Their Jobs Get Canned. Not So With GOP Senators In Congress Who Refuse To Hold Hearings Or Vote On The Supreme Court Nomination Of Merrick Garland." "Most people who refuse to do their jobs get canned. Not so with GOP senators in Congress who refuse to hold hearings or vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate, in March, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican senators, including Alabama's Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, immediately began playing politics with the judicial process, saying they wouldn't consider any nominee to the high court until a new president takes office in January...Anti-Obama obstructionists in the Senate should stop their disrespectful dereliction of duty. Alabama voters should demand Sessions and Shelby push for timely action on Garland's Supreme Court nomination." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial On President Obama's Nomination Of Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court: "Anti-Obama Obstructionists In The Senate Should Stop Their Disrespectful Dereliction Of Duty," By Acting On Nomination. "Most people who refuse to do their jobs get canned. Not so with GOP senators in Congress who refuse to hold hearings or vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate, in March, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican senators, including Alabama's Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, immediately began playing politics with the judicial process, saying they wouldn't consider any nominee to the high court until a new president takes office in January...Anti-Obama obstructionists in the Senate should stop their disrespectful dereliction of duty. Alabama voters should demand Sessions and Shelby push for timely action on Garland's Supreme Court nomination." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial: Jeff Sessions And Richard Shelby Said They "Wouldn't Consider Any Nominee To The High Court Until A New President Takes Office In January...The American People Have Already Spoken Loudly, Twice, In Electing A Democrat To The White House With A Majority Of The Popular Vote." "President Obama nominated Garland, a moderate, in March, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican senators, including Alabama's Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, immediately began playing politics with the judicial process, saying they wouldn't consider any nominee to the high court until a new president takes office in January. They claimed this would allow American voters the chance to have their voices heard, code for allowing a potential Republican presidential candidate to take office and nominate someone with stronger right-wing credentials...The American people have already spoken loudly, twice, in electing a Democrat to the White House with a majority of the popular vote." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial On President Obama's Nomination Of Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court: "There's No Established Precedent For Stonewalling On Supreme Court Nominees." "Precedents on filling Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years since 1900 include a nomination by Republican Pres. William Taft, approved by the Senate in March of 1912; two nominations by Democrat Woodrow Wilson, approved in June and July of 1916; and a nomination by Republican Herbert Hoover approved in February, 1932. The list goes on and includes GOP President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Justice Anthony Kennedy, approved by the U.S. Senate in February, 1988. In some of these cases, but not all, the high court vacancies occurred in the year before the presidential elections, with the confirmations following in the next year. Nonetheless, there's no established precedent for stonewalling on Supreme Court nominees." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial: "Should A Democratic Presidential Candidate Win In November, But GOP Senators Hold On To A Majority Of Seats, The Moratorium On A New Supreme Court Appointment Could Drag On For Months, With More Critical Decisions Delayed As A Draw Or Relegated To Limbo." "The court, now weakened with only eight members, is largely a four-four split between liberals and conservatives. The wheels of justice are grinding more slowly. As this year's court term winds down, tie votes are likely in cases involving important issues like immigration, abortion rights, access to birth control. Should a Democratic presidential candidate win in November, but GOP senators hold on to a majority of seats, the moratorium on a new Supreme Court appointment could drag on for months, with more critical decisions delayed as a draw or relegated to limbo." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]

Montgomery Advertiser Editorial On President Obama's Nomination Of Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court: "Garland's Fitness To Serve On The High Court Isn't In Question." "Garland's fitness to serve on the high court isn't in question. His background as chief justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1995 and previously as a leader and investigator in the Justice Department more than qualifies him for consideration and a vote. Anti-Obama obstructionists in the Senate should stop their disrespectful dereliction of duty. Alabama voters should demand Sessions and Shelby push for timely action on Garland's Supreme Court nomination." [Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, 5/8/16<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/gop-senators-refuse-do-their-jobs/83966310/>]