x YouTube Video It’s now been 45 days since I nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Judge Garland is a man of experience, integrity, and unimpeachable qualifications. Judge Garland is someone who Senate Republicans are on record saying is “a man of accomplishment and keen intellect;” a man who’s “honest and capable;” a man whose “reputation is beyond reproach.” Those are all quotes from Republicans in the Senate. But so far, most Senate Republicans have refused to even meet with Judge Garland. Which means they’ve also refused to do their job and hold a hearing on his nomination, or an up-or-down vote. But they’ve still found time to head home for recess over the next week. Yeah, those two paragraphs above pretty much sum up President Obama’s exasperation with the Republican-majority Senate, and he expressed those sentiments quite freely in this morning’s weekly address. “This is an abdication of the Senate’s responsibility,” he declared, and cited Garland’s impressive resume.