Should Hillary renominate Garland

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I believe no, for two reasons.

1. The new President cannot be beholden to the previous' appointments. If Hillary wants to renominate Garland because she thinks he's the best pick, that's fine, but renominating him solely because Obama's nominated him first is silly.

2. With all respect for Garland, he is just too old (63). Let's not kid ourselves, both conservative and liberal Presidents prefer younger nominees who can stay on the bench longer.

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Garland's qualifications notwhitstanding, we all know the reason he was nominated: that us to counter GOP obstructionism. It was making a point and I'm pretty sure he knew it all along when he said "yes" to Obama.

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voted yes, because we need a Jewish majority on the supreme court

What the Court really needs is a good, Bible-believing Baptist.

What the Court really needs is a mandatory retirement age.

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voted yes, because we need a Jewish majority on the supreme court

What the Court really needs is a good, Bible-believing Baptist.

What the Court really needs is a mandatory retirement age.

This is one of my least favorite ideas in political reform discourse. It's worse than term limits.

I have to concede this will easily result in Presidents appointing younger and younger candidates, but I'm not very comfortable with the idea of someone sitting on the court for like 40 years.

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If Hillary won, why wouldn't the Senate just confirm Garland before she takes office?

That would take:

1. Democrats getting a majority in November.
2. Nuclear option regarding judicial nominees being invoked (not something both parties would like in long term).
3. The whole process taking place between January 3 and January 20.

No way these conditions will be fulfilled.

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I have hard time believing any party would seriously invoke the nuclear option. Both would probably prefeer to retain a possibility to filibuster in the future.