--- title: Merrick Garland Had 'Pleasant' Breakfast With Sen. Grassley description: But Grassley won't hold a hearing for President Obama's Supreme Court pick canonical: https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-12T15:25:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:40:22.167Z article:section: Politics og:title: Senator Grassley and Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Had a 'Pleasant' Breakfast og:description: But Grassley won't hold a hearing for President Obama's Supreme Court pick og:url: https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Senator Grassley and Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Had a 'Pleasant' Breakfast twitter:description: But Grassley won't hold a hearing for President Obama's Supreme Court pick twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Senator Grassley and Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Had a 'Pleasant' Breakfast by [Alex Moe and Luke Russert/NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Moe and Luke Russert/NBC News Apr 12, 2016 3:25 PM UTC by [Alex Moe and Luke Russert/NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Moe and Luke Russert/NBC News Apr 12, 2016 3:25 PM UTC Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley said he explained why that chamber won’t be moving forward with a hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, during a “pleasant” breakfast on Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/719882585413984256) The highly anticipated breakfast meeting between Grassley and Garland is part of the judicial nominee’s tour of Capitol Hill as he works to convince lawmakers — especially reluctant Republicans— to consider his nomination. Grassley has said the next president should make the appointment to the highest court. Despite increasing pressure from Democrats and outside groups, the Iowa Republican has not wavered in… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sen-grassley-pleasant-meal-still-no-judge-garland-n554691?cid=par-time%5F20160412) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/"},"headline":"Senator Grassley and Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Had a 'Pleasant' Breakfast","datePublished":"2016-04-12T15:25:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:40:22.167Z","description":"But Grassley won't hold a hearing for President Obama's Supreme Court pick","url":"https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/","keywords":["Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Moe and Luke Russert/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290773/merrick-garland-chuck-grassley-supreme-court-breakfast/","name":"Senator Grassley and Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Had a 'Pleasant' Breakfast"}}]}] ```