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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
He can't just appoint people, they have to be confirmed. He made a nomination; Garland. The Senate refused to consider it. Which ploy has now worked, and will no doubt serve as a precedent for more obstructionism in the future.
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I believe you're wrong. Photon posted it earlier in the other thread, there's a short window I believe when Obama can appoint a justice for a temporary spot when Congress is in recess that lasts two years or so. I don't know if that time has already passed but right now why not? If that option comes up I bet he gives garland the short term seat to get some stuff moving before Christian McElectrotherapy gets his chance to recreate the Spanish Inquisition