Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Tells Senate To Get Moving On That Supreme Court Nominee

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NEW YORK — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has some words of advice for the Senate over its refusal to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee to the high court.

“Go ahead and hold a hearing” on Judge Merrick Garland, Stevens said Thursday.

The subject came up during a public conversation with National Law Journal reporter Marcia Coyle held at the New-York Historical Society. Coyle guided Stevens through a range of topics, including his World War II military service, his evolving views on the Constitution, and his perspective on some of the court’s most controversial decisions — including Bush v. Gore, which he said the Supreme Court never truly “survived” politically.

The focus of their exchange, though, was the present Supreme Court — how it functions with only eight members and how it has been politicized since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-paul-stevens-supreme-court-nominee_us_572b8118e4b0bc9cb045f4f3

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1. He is right. We need nine justices.