Sunday, February 14, 2016

Next US President Should Nominate Scalia Successor: Republican


By AFP, Feb 13, 2016 Yahoo

Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama should not nominate a successor to fill the critical vacancy in the US Supreme Court left by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia's death, the Senate Republican majority leader said Saturday.

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"The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice," Mitch McConnell said in a statement, referring to the upcoming November general election.

"Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."

McConnell mourned the loss of "an unwavering champion of a timeless document that unites each of us as Americans," referring to Scalia's fidelity to the US Constitution.
 

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