Roe’s Death was Years in the Making
<p>In March of 2016, mere hours after it was announced that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died and even before President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland as his replacement, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624467256/what-happened-with-merrick-garland-in-2016-and-why-it-matters-now" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">took to the Senate floor</a>.</p>
<p>“The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound impact on our country, so of course the American people should have a say in the Court’s direction,” he <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/mcconnell-on-supreme-court-nomination" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">said</a>. “It is a President’s constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice and it is the Senate’s constitutional right to act as a check on a President and withhold its consent….Give the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.”</p>
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