On Wednesday’s Mark Levin show, There’s concern that this Republican nomination will be decided in a brokered convention but it’s not the first time it would have happened and won’t be the last time. It happened notably in 1860 which saw President Abraham Lincoln acquire the number of delegates over William Seward to become the Republican nominee and later President. Another was in 1976 that saw President Gerald Ford get the nomination over Ronald Reagan. Reagan lost, but he went on to influence the Republican Party for a time and the course of history. Later, President Obama wants a third Justice on the Supreme Court to advance his agenda. However, there is no right that Obama has to have his nominee heard in the Senate in the teeth of an election. Nothing in the Constitution obligates the Senate to hold a hearing on any Supreme Court nominee. It’s ironic that Democrats want Republicans to hear Obama’s nominee when their own party members, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and John Kerry opposed President George W. Bush’s Supreme Court picks. The Republicans need to stand firm on this issue instead of breaking away.
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