MSNBCW The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell February 1, 2017
It was also, of course, a political shock because his death was a surprise and it opened up a surprise vacancy on the Supreme Court. And with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a Court Nominee to fill t seat vie kated the court by the death of Antonin Scalia. Or not. Even before former president obama named his nominee, even before he named judge Merrick Garland, republicans announced that they would hold open the scalia seat. They would not hold hearings for any obama nominee no matter who the president picked they were not going to con...