Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (who insists Republicans aren't being political in preventing President Obama from naming a Supreme Court justice) met with conservative groups this week to rally them in the political fight against Obama.
The meeting in the Capitol included a wide range of right-wing organizations, such as the National Rifle Association, Heritage Action, Judicial Crisis Network and National Right to Life, among others. […]
McConnell (R-Ky.) and Grassley (R-Iowa) — who have vowed no hearing or vote for whomever Obama chooses — told attendees that the "left was organized but so are we," and urged them to stay vigilant in the weeks and months ahead. […]
And Grassley—who is up for reelection in November—made what an attendee described as a "passionate speech" saying Republicans "need to do what is right" and refuse to let an Obama nominee move forward. Republicans argue that a lame-duck president should not be allowed to fill a Supreme Court vacancy during his final year in office. Democrats, however, counter that there is no constitutional prohibition on doing so and to blockade Obama's right to fill the Scalia vacancy will leave the Supreme Court at only eight justices for well over a year.
(Just for the record, since Politico is leaving it out, the Constitution and history say the Democrats are right.) So Grassley is passionate about not doing his job. He is passionate about beating President Obama and the Democrats. He is passionate about giving a Supreme Court nominee to the next president‚ whoever that may be—including Donald Trump. And he says that's the "right" thing to do.
McConnell and crew are busy trying to distance themselves from Trump, to pretend that they condemn him and that they can run against him. It's going to be damned hard to do that when they're so willing to hand the Supreme Court to him on a silver platter.
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