Corporate Attorneys Urge GOP To Fill SCOTUS Seat

More than 100 corporate lawyers have written to the Republican-controlled Senate, asking that the GOP reconsider its plan to refuse to hold hearings or a vote on an Obama Administration nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. “The impact of a stalemate at the Supreme Court may have a profound effect on our economy, creating uncertainty for the financial industry, major corporate employers, as well as small businesses,” the attorneys wrote. “Allowing the Court to proceed for two terms with an open seat would be unprecedented and have damaging collateral consequences that would be felt across our entire judicial system.” The letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, was organized by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and has signatures from attorneys from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Arent Fox LLP, and Birmingham, Ala.-based Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, among other firms.