Prof. Painter Authors Op-Ed Urging Judiciary Committee Chairman to Hold Confirmation Hearing for Judge Garland

Following up on his op-ed in the New York Times on the Garland nomination, Professor Richard Painter urged in another op-ed in the Des Moines Register that Iowa voters insist that Senator Grassley do his job and hold a hearing for Judge Garland. "Partisan politics is an increasingly intense and pernicious influence in Washington. Senator Grassley has been in Washington for a long time. Even though Grassley has for three decades served in the Senate with integrity and distinction, even though no Supreme Court nominee has ever been denied a confirmation hearing, even though the vast majority of voters in Iowa and the nation want Judge Garland to receive a hearing now, and even though the Supreme Court cannot effectively conduct its business with only eight justices, Grassley says that he will refuse to have a hearing for Garland until the November election," wrote Painter.