The Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary said Thursday he and others would not hold hearings on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, NBC News reported.
"When I make a decision on sound principle, I am not about to flip-flop because the left has organized what they call a pressure campaign," Sen. Chuck Grassley said on the Senate floor.
The Judiciary Committee holds hearings on nominees, and then sends the nomination to the Senate for a vote. Grassley said he and others opposed to hearings will not budge on Obama's choice to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
Grassley, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP leaders say the next president should make the nomination.
