Stephen L. Carter, Columnist

Hey, Republicans. Think Before You Obstruct.

Senators have a right to keep Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court. Is it in their party's interest?

March 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM UTC

Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a professor of law at Yale University and author of “Invisible: The Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”

Senators, think!
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In deciding what to do about President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Senate Republicans should think about only two things. One is this:

That's a chart from Iowa Electronic Markets that tells us that bettors believe that the Republicans are very likely to lose control of the Senate.