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Fox analyst: Obama is so divisive he nominated a SCOTUS justice Republicans like

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Andrew Napolitano, the conservative network's senior legal analyst, described appeals court judge Merrick Garland as "the consummate Washington, D.C., insider who has worked for both Republicans and Democrats."

"Judge Garland is the most conservative nominee by a Democratic president in the modern era," Napolitano said.

He said Garland's 19-year track record as a federal prosecutor during President George H.W. Bush's administration and then as an appellate court judge could offer plenty of ammunition for GOP senators to keep him off the Supreme Court.

However, he said Garland does not share the same legal philosophy as previous Obama nominees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who now serve on the court.

"He does not think about the law the way Barack Obama does, so Barack Obama does not get the opportunity to appoint Antonin Scalia's opposite member," Napolitano said. "If he does not get on the court, we're still at a stalemate — so in my view, this is a lose-lose for the president."


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