The Senate’s continued failure to do its job and hold a hearing on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court now goes into its third week. Its recalcitrance fits the tenor of the Age of Trump: someone else started it.
Senator
Ed Markey provided a civics and public policy lesson on the significance of the
Senate this past week by putting a “hold” on the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to head the Food and Drug
Administration