Dear Editor:

We have entered quite a tumultuous campaign year, and daily the internet, presses and cameras are buzzing with new stories related to one or the other candidate.

This will continue to hum noisily until November, but I’m more concerned with the now vacant seat in the Supreme Court.

President Obama recently announced his nomination, Merrick Garland: a partisan liberal who sides with Obama on radical environmental regulations that cost jobs—and—like Obama, is opposed to the Second Amendment.

A Supreme Court Justice is a lifetime appointment and should conform to the will of the American people. This is not something to be executed in haste to preserve a passing president’s legacy.

I’m writing this letter to align with the stand of Senator Rob Portman, to allow the voice of the American to be heard in the appointment of the next Supreme Court Justice.

Sincerely,

Connie Tarter