Mitch McConnell Wakes Up To Nasty Surprise: 16 GOP Senators Defect And Will Meet With Obama’s SCOTUS

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30. To be fair, Satan would swing the court to the left from Scalia

From what I have read, Garland is meticulous about the law. This means that sometimes he will make a decision based entirely on procedural grounds that he may oppose ideologically. This is very different from the activist conservatives on the court, who have shown themselves to be more than willing to stretch the law to support their personal beliefs. While I, personally, would have loved a true progressive on the court, Obama is not a progressive president, so I am not at all surprised by his choice. Garland will likely be fairly socially liberal, maybe a bit less so on business matters and criminal law. Still, let's at least all be happy that Scalia is gone and that anyone nominated by a Democratic president will be an enormous improvement.