In The Washington Post, Amber Phillips reports on a new poll indicating that “a sizable majority of Americans — including a strong contingent of independents — think the Senate should at least hold hearings on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court.” Julian Fabian of The Hill reports that “Obama is expected to put forward a nominee any day.” In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Judge Richard Posner contends that “the significance of the Senate’s action” in declining to consider a nominees “lies in reminding us that the Supreme Court is not an ordinary court but a political court, or more precisely a politicized court.” The editorial boards of The New York Times and The Anniston Star also weigh in, while at E&E Publishing, Robin Bravender looks back at failed judicial nominees.
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