Obama picks DC Circuit chief judge Merrick Garland to replace Scalia on Supreme Court

摘要

President Barack Obama on March 16 tappedrnmoderate appellate court judge MerrickrnGarland to replace the late conservativernJustice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court,rnstoking a partisan war over the vacant seat atrnthe high court.rnWashington insiders are calling Garlandrnthe “consensus nominee.” Of those on thernshort list to potentially get the nod fromrnObama, the 63-year old chief judge of the DCrnCircuit Court of Appeals was deemed thernmost likely to prompt Senate Republicans tornrelent from their vow to not consider anyrnnominee until a new president is in place inrn2017.