To the Editor:

The Republicans’plan to block a hearing of the president’s appointment to the Supreme Court is an obvious abdication of their constitutional responsibility.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has refused to hold a hearing to interview the president’s nominee, Merrick Garland. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) vowed on the day of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death that the Senate would not allow a vote of confirmation on…

March 30, 2016