“Barack Obama’s failed appointment of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016 lacked both imagination and hard-ball politics, leaving a legacy of ‘what ifs’ that Obama, if he’s being honest, will confront.”
The above quote is from Eleanor Clift’s article today. To see her full argument go to the following site:
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/51126-focus-did-obama-pick-merrick-garland-or-did-orrin-hatch
I agree with Clift, and even more so with Jason Johnson who made the same argument back in February of 2016 when Obama could have made an executive appointment to the Supreme Court.
See his article at this site:
https://www.theroot.com/leading-from-behind-obama-flinches-on-supreme-court-pi-1790854257