Obama Threatens Senate: Vote On Merrick Garland Because Americans “Elected Me President”

President Barack Obama is today threatening the U.S. Senate — saying that if it fails to hold a vote on liberal Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland the American people will lose faith in politics. “At that point the judiciary becomes a pure extension of politics. And that damages people’s faith in the judiciary,” Obama told NPR’s Nina Totenberg. Here’s more on Obama’s temper tantrum: More...