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“I
will
not
consider
any
Supreme
Court
nominee
until
after
the
country
has
elected
our
next
president...”
WASHINGTON,
DC
- U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
released
the
following
statement
after
President
Obama
announced his
intention
to
nominate
Judge
Merrick
Garland
to
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court:
“Among
the
most
important
responsibilities
of
any
United
States
Senator
is
our
role
of
‘advice
and
consent’
on
a
range
of
cabinet
secretaries,
judges,
and
ambassadors
put
forth
by
a
President,
including
appointments
to
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court.
Under
our
Constitution,
replacing
a
justice
is
a
responsibility
shared
by
both
the
president
and
the
Senate
–
he
nominates
and
the
Senate
then
considers
the nomination
as
part
of
our
advisory
role.
The
Constitution
does
not
make
the
Senate
a
rubber
stamp
for
any
president.
Sadly,
President
Obama
has
spent
the
last
seven
years
making
unconstitutional,
overreaching
regulations
to
drive
his
agenda
against
the
will
of
the
people’s
representatives
in
Congress.
The
next
President
should
fill
the
open
seat
on
the
Supreme
Court,
not
a
lame
duck.
Ournation
is
in
the
middle
of
an
election
that
will
replace
this
president
and
it
has
brought
people
out
in
every
corner
of
our
country
in
record
numbers
to
have
their
voice
heard.
As
elected
officials,
we
need
to
protect
the
American
people’s
chance
to have
their
voices
heard
in
the
decision
on
who
will
be
appointed to
a
lifetime
seat
on
the
nation’s
high
court.
The
last
time
a
majority
of
the
American
people went
to
the
polls,
they
elected
conservatives
and
a
Republican
Senate
to
be
a
check-and-balance
to
President
Obama
and
his
agenda.
I
believe
that
my duty
is
to
the
people
of
South
Carolina;
not
to
the
President.
As
a
result, I
will
not
consider
any
Supreme
Court
nominee
until
after
the
country
has
elected
our
next
president
in
November
and
they
have
taken
office
in
January
2017.
This is
about
the principle
that
the
American
people
must
have
a
voice
in
who
the
next
Supreme
Court
nominee
will
be
and
I
intend
to
honor
that
principle.”
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