Dear ,
Sincerely,
Rob Portman
U.S. Senator
Thank
you
for
contacting
me
regarding
the
current
vacancy
on
the
United
States
Supreme
Court.
I
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
contact
me
on
this
important
issue.
As
you
know,
we
are
in
the
midst
of
a
presidential
election
and
a
vigorous
debate
within
both
political
parties
on
the
direction
of
the
country. With
the
election
less
than
eight
months
away,
I
believe
the
best
thing
for
the
country
is
to
trust
the
American
people
to
weigh
in
on
who
should
make
a
lifetime
appointment
that
could
reshape
the
Supreme
Court
for
generations.
It
is
common
practice
for
the
Senate
to
stop
acting
on
lifetime
appointments
during
the
last
year
of
a
presidential
term,
and
it's
been
nearly
80
years
since
any
president
was
permitted
to
immediately
fill
a
vacancy
that
arose
in
a
presidential
election
year.
I
have
supported
some
of
President
Obama's
federal
court
nominees
and
opposed
others,
based
on
their
qualifications.
Whether
the
next
president
is
a
Republican
or
Democrat,
I
will
judge
any
nominee
on
the
merits,
as
I
always
have.
I
also
wanted
to
share
with
you
my
recent
op-ed
on
the
best
way
to
replace
Justice
Scalia
on
the
Supreme
Court. The
full
op-ed
can
be
found here.
Thank
you
again
for
taking
the
time
to
contact
me. For
more
information,
you
can
visit
my
website
at www.portman.senate.gov.
Please
keep
in
touch.
Rob Portman
U.S. Senator
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