Grassley, Ayotte and the Burden of History
By vowing to block any Supreme Court nominee the president sends to Congress, N.H. Senator Kelly Ayotte and fellow Republicans are reinforcing the partisan gridlock that has paralyzed the nation for more than a decade, argues Randall Balmer in his opinion piece in the Valley News. He urges Senator Ayotte to "fulfill her duties regardless of the political rancor she might incur from fellow Republicans. Even such a modest effort in these fraught political times counts as an act of courage."
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