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.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was remembered Saturday as a man who loved God, country and family at a funeral Mass capping two days of mourning for a jurist who left a long and sometimes provocative legacy on the nation.
Scalia's son Paul - a Catholic priest - led the service and mixed humor with reverence for the conservative icon and father of nine who died unexpectedly last weekend
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(Associated Press) Washington- Senate Republicans united behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama's successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility
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