WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is nominating federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to fill the seat that was held by the late Antonin Scalia. In doing so, he’s challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor who’s become known as a consensus builder on what is often…
Washington, D.C. (AP) – Congressional sources say President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Garland is the chief justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a court whose influence over federal policy and national security matters has made it a…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans are uniting behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility. Vulnerable GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential proclamation has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the Supreme Court, the White House and elsewhere in honor of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. As the flags have risen, so has the political heat over the vacancy on the nine-member court. At issue is the right of Democratic…