Does the Senate have a duty to hold hearings for Supreme Court nominees?

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🗓️ 7 April 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine and Michael Ramsey of the University of San Diego debate what the Constitution requires when it comes to Supreme Court appointments. We need your help to make this podcast even better! Go to bit.ly/wtpfeedback to share your feedback. Freedom Day is April 13, 2016. Learn more and get involved: constitutioncenter.org/freedom-day. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed. Please subscribe to We the People on iTunes. While you’re in the iTunes Store, leave us a rating and review—it helps other people discover what we do. Please also subscribe to Live at America’s Town Hall, featuring conversations and debates presented at the Center, across from Independence Hall in beautiful Philadelphia. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out all of our sibling podcasts at iTunes.com/Panoply. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit—we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by Jason Gregory and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	Hello we the people listeners we need your help to make this podcast even better.
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0:06.0	forward slash w t p feedback and tell us what you think.
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0:10.0	It's bit dot y y W.T. feedback.
0:15.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:20.0	and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:23.6	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to
0:28.1	disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis?
0:33.7	And on today's show, we discuss one of the most hotly contested
0:36.5	constitutional questions of this election season.
0:40.0	Does the Senate have a constitutional obligation to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees?
0:46.0	On March 16th, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to be the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice,
0:56.0	replacing the late Justice Anton and Scalia.
1:00.0	Since then, the President and Congress have been locked in a struggle about whether or not the Senate
1:05.2	has an obligation to hold hearings on the nominee.
1:08.6	And joining us to discuss the important constitutional
1:14.4	scholars and returning champions to We The People.
1:17.2	Erwin-Chammarinsky is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law
1:20.8	and Raymond Prey professor of First Amendment Law at the University of California Irvine School of Law.
1:27.0	Michael Ramsey is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law and Director of the International and Comparative Law Program at the University of
1:35.1	of San Diego School of Law.
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