SCOTUS Nominee, Merrick Garland, set to make history this week.

[MohRokTah]

This week he officially becomes the nominee who waited the longest time, breaking a more than one century old record:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/merrick-garland-senate-louis-brandeis_us_57892bfbe4b08608d334728f?h64f26lw6fpbhjjor

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. A dubious honor for him I'm sure

It's looking more and more like it is actually going to be next year before we get a new SCOTUS Justice- and then maybe, if they hold the Senate and Hillary is elected POTUS, they will go ahead and declare her a "lame duck" and try to wait until the American people have "spoken" in 2020 before they'll let Scalia (and any other newly dead or retired Justices) be replaced.

[DetlefK]

2. Congratulations? I guess?

[spanone]

3. and the republican obstructionists are getting away with it....shame on them. politics above country

[Uponthegears]

4. While the GOP should not be rewarded

for disrespecting our President, the American people will be rewarded if our next President is allowed to fill Scalia's seat with the nominee SHE believes will be confirmed by a DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED Senate.

[maxsolomon]

5. I think the lame-duck session will pounce on him like a duck on a june bug

McConnell knows he's not getting a better deal from Hillary. Garland will be sworn in before Thxgvg.

[treestar]

6. They are such assholes

Can't stand Republicans.

[Martin Eden]

7. After Hillary wins the November election ...

will Republicans rush to confirm the moderate Garland rather than wait for Hillary to nominate someone else, or ...

might Obama pull Garland's nomination?