CNN Democracy in Peril January 28, 2022 06:35:00
Public about their views, which brings us back to mitch mcconnell, who has been plotting, as we know, a dominant conservative majority on the supreme court for years. after justice antonin scalia died in 2016, mcconnell blocked barack obama's pick, merrick garland, by denying him any senate hearings. mcconnell said, it just wouldn't be right to put garland on the high court during an election year. >> we're in the process of picking a president. and that new president ought to make this appointment, which will affect the supreme court maybe for the next quarter of a century. >> then in 2020 ju...