Democrats must fight Trump's supreme court pick tooth and nail | Jill Abramson

Trump is expected to announce his supreme court pick at any moment. This time, I hope Democrats don’t let us down again

As we wait for the name of Trump’s new US supreme court nominee, the name that keeps rising in my throat like bile is Merrick Garland.

Garland, of course, was Obama’s failed 2016 nominee to America’s top court. He was blocked by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, who refused to budge on filling the supreme court vacancy until after the elections. Confident that Hillary Clinton would win, Democrats shrugged and went back to sleep.

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