If he promised to nominate Garland — whom Republicans refused to give a hearing or a vote — a justice would submit their letter of resignation.
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Democrats criticized Grassley for months last year when he refused to give a hearing or committee vote to President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland.
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Democrats have signaled that he is in for a tough confirmation process, particularly after Republicans refused to give a hearing to President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland.
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He is referring to the refusal of Senate Republicans to even give a hearing to Merrick Garland, the nominee Obama put forth in his last year in office.
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"Not only his stand with supporting Donald Trump, but also the fact that he won't give a hearing to a Supreme Court justice," Tester told USA Today earlier this month.
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But Democrats are still angry that the GOP refused to even give a hearing to President Obama's choice for the vacancy left by the death last year of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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In recent months, simmering fury on Capitol Hill was exacerbated by the GOP's refusal to even give a hearing to Judge Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court.
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Senate Democrats now must decide how far they are willing to go in opposing Judge Gorsuch, particularly after Senate Republicans refused to even give a hearing to President Barack Obama's last Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick B. Garland.
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But Mr McConnell took the unprecedented step of building a blockade around Scalia's seat rather than give a hearing to Merrick Garland, the moderate chief judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by Mr Obama.
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For example, many on the left are still seething at Senate Republicans' refusal to give a hearing in 2016 to Judge Merrick B. Garland, President Barack Obama's last nominee for a vacancy, and consider Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to be occupying a stolen seat.
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"And it seems to me they'd be better off [to] give a hearing and a vote to somebody that they themselves in the past have said is well-qualified, is fair and to treat the Supreme Court with the seriousness … that it deserves," he said of Garland.
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Mr Kushner and his elegantly tailored friends are charged with being squeamish about immigration, too eager to see America play global policeman in Syria and peacemaker in the Middle East, and willing to give a hearing to Democratic experts on such subjects as health policy or climate change.
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Gorsuch replaced Justice Antonin Scalia after Republicans in 2016 refused to even give a hearing to President Obama's nominee, Merrick GarlandMerrick Brian GarlandLaw professor: Court-packing should be 'last resort' Here's how senators can overcome their hyperpartisanship with judicial nominees McConnell campaign criticized for tombstone with challenger's name MORE.
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He also announced in 2016 that Republicans would not give a hearing or a vote to whomever then-President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Obama's high school basketball jersey sells for 0,000 at auction Dirty little wars and the law: Did Osama bin Laden win?
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Kaine on Thursday defended himself, comparing Democrats who want a snap judgment on Kavanaugh to Republicans who refused to give a hearing to Merrick GarlandMerrick Brian GarlandLaw professor: Court-packing should be 'last resort' Here's how senators can overcome their hyperpartisanship with judicial nominees McConnell campaign criticized for tombstone with challenger's name MORE, former President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court in 2016.
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If so, its framing will be Democrats' general anger at Mr. Trump as well as their specific outrage over what they consider the theft of a Supreme Court seat by Republicans' refusal to give a hearing last year to President Barack Obama's nominee, Judge Merrick B. Garland, to fill the vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death in February 2016.
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She will call on Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE (R-Iowa) to commit to give a hearing to Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month.
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Kaine, who is up for reelection this fall, says he's taking his duties seriously, and notes that his actions with regard to Kavanaugh have been consistent with how he considered former President Obama's nomination of Merrick GarlandMerrick Brian GarlandLaw professor: Court-packing should be 'last resort' Here's how senators can overcome their hyperpartisanship with judicial nominees McConnell campaign criticized for tombstone with challenger's name MORE, whom Republicans refused to give a hearing; and Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch.
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Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleySenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility Senate Dem seeks answers from DHS on reports of pregnant asylum seekers sent back to Mexico Schumer backs Pelosi as impeachment roils caucus MORE (D-Ore.) also circulated a petition Monday urging colleagues to block any Trump nominee given Senate Republicans' refusal to give a hearing or vote to Merrick Garland, former President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE's pick to fill the vacancy last year.
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