Democratic Attorneys General Slam GOP Over Supreme Court Blockade
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans promised this week not to hold hearings or meet with anyone President Barack Obama nominates to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. The Senate GOP wants the next president to choose Scalia's successor. But the partisan fight hasn't only divided Congress -- it also has state attorneys general, who frequently supervise cases argued before the high court, split along party lines.
Blocking Obama's nominee "is political obstinacy," Maine Attorney General Janet Mills (D) told The Huffington Post at a recent event in the capital. "It's irrational. The court needs a ninth justice. It'll block decision-making in a manner that's so nearly unprecedented, it's not justified."
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