Fables of the Republican obstruction: Richard Burr and Ross Douthat try — and fail — to make their blatantly partisan obstructionism sound principled

Over the weekend, North Carolina Senator Richard Burr became the latest Republican to indicate that the Senate will continue its policy of what amounts to judicial nullification by blocking any justices nominated for the Supreme Court by a Democratic president.

Speaking to a bunch of GOP volunteers at a private event, Burr promised that Merrick Garland, nominated by President Obama to fill Antonin Scalia's seat, will not get a confirmation vote even in the lame-duck congressional session after taking office in January, Burr said the following:

And if Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court....
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