Merrick Garland as AG… Is that really the best we can do?

He seems like a nice guy, but is that what we need today?

President Barack Obama nominating Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court. By The White House. Wikipedia.

Like most progressives, I nurture an enduring resentment over the theft of Barack Obama’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 2016. I must admit that news of Antonin Scalia’s death took my breath away, and I briefly fantasized about a progressive Supreme Court majority.