The U.S. Senate should wait until after the presidential election to fill the vacancy created by the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. These five truths should govern the process going forward.
The Senate Has No Duty to Act on the President's Nominations
Let's start with a couple of thought experiments. What do you think is the predominant world view of the average American public high school graduate? That is, how would he or she answer such fundamental life questions as, "What is a human person really?" "What is a noble and worthy life?" "How should I spend my life?"
