Roy Blunt: “I want to talk a little about the Court and the vacancy on the Court. First of all, I want to express my shared concern…”

“I want to talk a little about the Court and the vacancy on the Court. First of all, I want to express my shared concern with my good friend from Delaware about what is happening in Iran and how we are reacting to what is happening in Iran and how much we need to be focused on that country, still understood to be the No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism in the world and designated by the current administration and current security agencies that it is bad. I am pleased to see that topic is one of the things we are talking about today. Filling of the Supreme Court Vacancy Mr. President, the Supreme Court has gotten a lot of attention since the unfortunate loss of Justice Scalia. When I was home a few days ago, in at least one meeting when this question came up, somebody said: Well, the Constitution says that the President is supposed to nominate somebody and the Senate is supposed to have hearings. Well, I am not a lawyer. I have been a history teacher, and some days that is better than being a lawyer. In fact, I have argued that most days it might be better than being a lawyer. But when that came up, I said that is not what the Constitution says at all. It is easy to talk about what the Constitution says, but that is not what the Constitution says. The Constitution says the President will nominate someone to serve on the Court, and the Senate will give its advice and consent.…”