An eight-justice U.S. Supreme Court is an “unhappy situation,” retired Justice John Paul Stevens said on Tuesday in urging the Senate to act on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
Although the justices adjust in “due course,” Stevens called for Senate action to fill the current vacancy—“the sooner the better,” he said—because the court does not function efficiently with only eight members.
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