POTUS selects Merrick Brian Garland to replace Scalia

[Ognir]

of course a dual citizen


america is fucked

[yankeedoodle]

That guarantees confirmation.  No Senator will dare vote against a jew, unless it is a jewish Senator. 

[rmstock]

Jewish v. Gentile Mafia

[Ognir]

Recounting his Jewish family's battle with persecution, Judge Merrick Garland made an emotional pitch to become the fourth Jewish justice on theRrrrrrr nation's top court.
"My grandparents left the Pale of Settlement...in the early 1900's, fleeing anti-Semitism and hoping to make a better life for their children in America," Garland told reporters in the Rose Garden, flanked by President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Garland, a judicial moderate who is now chief judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is being nominated to fill the spot of Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly last month.
Republicans have vowed not to consider any pick by Obama, citing the upcoming presidential election in the fall.
"Thie is the greatest honor of my life," Garland said.

Merrick Garland, Judge With Jewish Roots, Gets Supreme Court Nod
Julia EdwardsMar 16, 2016(Updated 3 h ago)
Garland was raised in Chicago by Jewish parents in a Conservative Jewish community. His mother, born Shirley Horowitz, worked as director of volunteer services at Chicago's Council for Jewish Elderly. She is still living. His father, Cyril Garland, an advertising executive, died in 2000.
Garland said his father, who ran a business out of the family home's basement, impressed upon him the "importance of hard work and fairness," and his mother's volunteer work taught him the importance of community service.
Garland's wife, born Lynn Rosenman, is also Jewish. Her grandfather, Samuel I. Rosenman, was Franklin D. Roosevelt's most important Jewish advisor during the Second World War. Their marriage was performed by Rabbi Charles Lippman, a Reform rabbi. They have two children.
"I found Merrick Garland to be culturally, though not religiously Jewish, but inspired by the highest values of our ethical and social justice traditions," said Jay Michaelson, a Forward columnist, who clerked for Garland on the Court of Appeals in 1998 and 1999.
"He's a total mensch," Michaelson said. "He really wanted to get the law right."
If confirmed, Garland would join fellow Jews Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Supreme Court Justices. The other five Justices are Catholic.
Garland's first cousin, Marty Shukert, an urban designer in Omaha, Nebraska, said it was "almost dreamlike" to see Garland nominated by President Obama. "I thought it was a terrific speech," Shukert said.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Garland, 63, clerked for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. At the Justice Department, Garland oversaw the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City Bombing. He was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit Court in 1997.

How Antonin Scalia Brought Chutzpah to the Supreme Court
Allison Kaplan SommerFebruary 14, 2016
In a morning announcement on March 16, President Obama appeared alongside Garland and Vice President Joe Biden to announce his nomination of Garland. Obama called Garland "someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, evenhandedness, and excellence."
Obama emphasized Garland's humble roots, and his role overseeing the investigation of the Oklahoma City Bombing for the Justice Department, speaking at length about Garland's careful approach and his personal investment in the victim's experiences. Obama also cited Republican support for Garland's 1997 confirmation to the D.C. Court of Appeals.
"His life experience...informs his view that life is more than an intellectual exercise," Obama said. "Throughout his jurisprudence runs a common thread: A dedication to protecting the rights of every American."
"He is the right man for the job," Obama said. "He deserves to be confirmed."
While waiting to speak, Garland stood with his hands clasped before him, watching the president and blinking in the bright sun. "This is the greatest honor of my life, other than Lynn agreeing to marry me 28 years ago," Garland said, choking back tears.
"As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving," Garland said.
"Fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life," Garland said. To Obama, he said: "I am grateful beyond words for the honor you have bestowed me."
If Garland is confirmed to the Supreme Court, he could upset a decades-long status quo that has given conservatives a majority on the high court. Republicans have, so far, expressed little willingness to allow such a change; insisting that they will not approve any nominee to fill Scalia's seat until the election.
Garland's centrism, and his long history as a potential Supreme Court nominee, could complicate the Senate Republican's stand. Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Garland a "consensus nominee" in 2010.


Read more: http://forward.com/news/336091/merrick-garland-offers-poignant-story-about-anti-semitism-as-supreme-court/#ixzz435jUw15O

[MikeWB]

He's an anti-gunner. He will not be allowed to become a SC justice. Stakes are just too high.