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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speculation surrounding President Barack Obama's short list of candidates to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly last week, has focused on Sri Srinivasan, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. "Any
Constitution
In the last half century, the Constitution of the United States has had no more powerful defender than Justice Antonin Scalia. On the bench and off, he has consistently spoken for the principles of jurisprudence most often called originalism and sometimes called textualism. Scalia's goal was to interpret
GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerted Republican opposition to considering President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court showed early signs of splintering on Wednesday as a handful of influential senators opened the door to a possible confirmation hearing. One Republican even suggested the president should nominate a candidate from his
wgbh
Lawyer and NBP contributing columnist Kevin P. Martin appeared on WGBH's "Greater Boston" Tuesday night to discuss the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as well as how the vacant seat should go about being filled. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite=""
GOP
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court who is "indisputably" qualified. He called on the staunch Republican opposition in the Senate to rise above "venom and rancor" and give the nominee
nomination
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is describing current GOP calls to let the next president make a Supreme Court nomination "obstructionism," but in 2007 Schumer said, "I will do everything in my power to prevent one more ideological ally from joining (Justices John) Roberts and
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is leaving open the possibility of holding a hearing for President Barack Obama's choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, amid signs of uncertainty about how Republicans would treat a nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia. Sen. Charles
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are near-unanimous in demanding that President Barack Obama leave it to his successor to nominate a candidate to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. But the president insists he plans to come forward with a nominee — and that there's plenty
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