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Obama did nominate Merrick Garland but the Senate (led by McConnell) refused to have a hearing. I don't really know what else he is supposed to have done given that it's the Senate that controls the appointment process.
I'm not really sure what good RBG resigning early would have done though. Surely if she had resigned during the Obama years, with a Republican controlled Senate, any nomination of a liberal successor would have been blocked by the Senate? I suppose she was holding out hoping for a Hilary Clinton victory and a dem-controlled Senate.
I'm not really sure what good RBG resigning early would have done though. Surely if she had resigned during the Obama years, with a Republican controlled Senate, any nomination of a liberal successor would have been blocked by the Senate? I suppose she was holding out hoping for a Hilary Clinton victory and a dem-controlled Senate.