Article II of the United States Constitution gives the president — in this case, Barack Obama — the clear power and responsibility to appoint “judges of the Supreme Court” with the “advice and consent of the Senate.”
But shortly after the news broke last week that Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the Court’s most outspoken conservatives, had died, Republican senators immediately made it known they would oppose any nominee President Obama sent their way and, what’s more, that they believe the seat should remain vacant until the next president takes office. This is wholly un-acceptable. We demand that the senate do there job and 'advise and consent' on the presidents nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.