Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com)

According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick B. Garland as the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appeals court judge for the lifetime appointment and daring Republican senators to refuse consideration of a jurist who is highly regarded throughout Washington. Like Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Garland comes from the powerful D.C. Circuit court. The president said Judge Garland is "widely recognized not only as one of America's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, even-handedness and excellence. The qualities and his long commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration from leaders from both sides of the aisle." Mr. Obama said it is tempting to make the confirmation process "an extension of our divided politics." But he warned that "to go down that path would be wrong." Mr. Obama demanded a fair hearing for Judge Garland and said that refusing to even consider his nomination would provoke "an endless cycle of more tit for tat" that would undermine the democratic process for years to come. Merrick B. Garland will serve in the seat vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in his sleep while on a hunting trip near Marfa, Texas.

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Re:Non-offensive

[LifesABeach]

But does he use Linux!?

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Re: Just to be clear ....

[nytes]

Pillow over the head is a terrible way to kill someone, trust me.

What methods have you had success with? Let's swap technique hints and tips.

Re:Anti-gun nutcase

[Anonymous Coward]

Obama should have nominated a gun to fill the vacancy.

I am not satisfied

[93 Escort Wagon]

Scalia died in Texas, while on a hunting trip - yet the government STILL hasn't told us where Dick Cheney was during that time period.

I strongly suspect he's finally optimized his killing technique.

Re:I am not satisfied

[Anonymous Coward]

All these Scalia conspiracy people need to just be grateful they removed the prostitute from his room before calling 911.

Re:I am not satisfied

[narcc]

How you ask ...

Well, if the circumstances of his death were deeply embarrassing, I can see why they'd want to keep that as quiet as possible.

I'm guessing it involved a Thai ladyboy.

Re:Just to be clear ....

[PopeRatzo]

I'm not one for conspiracy theories either, but barring a recently changed will, or an assumed identity, or a long-lost relative, or a lack of footprints going ze ozer way, this belongs in a Poirot novel.

Scalia was killed by Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a bad manicotti.

Re:Non-offensive

[drew_kime]

Vim or Emacs?

Re: Anti-gun nutcase

[tgrigsby]

National Review is a right wing rag. Obama could have nominated Hitler and NR would have said he was soft on the death penalty.