By Miriam Raftery
March 20, 2016 (Washington D.C.) – To fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland, a judicial moderate supported overwhelmingly by both Republicans and Democrats when he was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1997. But in a move unprecedented in U.S. history, Senate leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans will refuse to allow hearings on any Garland or any nominee made by President Obama for the 11 months left in his term.
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