Senate Republicans are being dreadfully honest about their Supreme Court machinations

Hey, at least progressives know what they're up against...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to reporters.
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Tuesday was a humdinger of a day for the GOP leadership. The morning dawned with seemingly every congressional Republican with access to a microphone announcing their intention to block President Obama's plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay; by noon, the Republicans who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee had also announced that they would refuse a hearing to whoever the president might nominate to the Supreme Court — all in response to plans and persons that were, at the time of said announcements, sight-unseen.

For the likes of me — a two-time Obama voter who's conservative in the sense that she would like to conserve the Constitution — it was a pretty infuriating morning, and one rather gets the impression that I was not alone in my fury.

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Emily L. Hauser

Emily L. Hauser is a long-time commentary writer. Her work has appeared in a variety of outlets, including The Daily Beast, Haaretz, The Forward, Chicago Tribune, and The Dallas Morning News, where she has looked at a wide range of topics, from helmet laws to forgetfulness to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.