# Garland should just sit down and judge? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garland-should-just-sit-down-and-judge/750757 "2016-03-31T17:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 110
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garland-should-just-sit-down-and-judge/750757/110 "2016-04-02T20:04:13Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Like sitting on a chamber pot and not voting? > > Constituents ‘probably’ wanted that? How’s that logic go? > > There are way more ways of not doing their job. They’re going to explore every one apparently. Oh, I must have left off the quote. Silly me. > [@YogSothoth](#): > > Democrats know that if you don’t control the presidency, you can’t simply block a nominee because he’s not liberal. We do our jobs unlike the extremist GOP. And even if we don’t like him, we’ll give him a fair hearing, again unlike the extremist GOP. > [@Wisconsin orders arrest of missing Democrats. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396/51): > > You’re not getting it. Their absence is the method by which they are fulfilling their legislative responsibilities. They are denying the Republicans the ability to pass an anti-union bill, which is probably what their constituents want them to do when they were elected. There are more ways of legislating than sitting in a chamber and voting. > [@Bone](#): > > You’re not getting it. The absence of a hearing on Garland is the method by which they are fulfilling their legislative responsibilities. They are denying Obama the ability to confirm a left leaning SCOTUS justice, which is probably what their constituents want them to do when they were elected. There are more ways of doing their job than sitting in a chamber and voting. Parody, no? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garland-should-just-sit-down-and-judge/750757)._