At a time when our great nation needs to find common ground, and as a show of your willingness to broker deals even across partisan lines, please name Merrick Garland as your choice to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat. He has earned praise from across the political spectrum as a judge who grounds his rulings firmly in the letter of the law rather than party-line activism. Not only would this be a brilliant and unprecedented step toward healing the deep political division in our country, and a signal that you respect a job well done above partisan obstructionism - the nomination would make history with Garland becoming the first-ever Supreme Court Justice nominated by a president from both major parties.



