Many in the civil rights community were not exactly ecstatic with President Obama's selection of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. A specific communications effort that focused only on "process" and blind obstruction by Republicans was chosen by many groups -- rather than a focus on Garland.
None of the major civil rights groups said they
were notified by the White House that Garland would be chosen prior to
the President's announcement. In their statements, the NAACP, the
Leadership Council on Civil Rights and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
simply pushed the Senate to act on the President's nominee.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were
set to discuss whether a joint statement by the CBC at their weekly
meeting would be released but no statement on the Garland nomination was
issued as individual members pledged to study his views.
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Source: NBC News
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