Settling for a centrist candidate with decades of judicial experience, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C., to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia,the Huffington Post reports.
“An eventual appointment for Garland is also less likely to mark a liberal shift in the Supreme Court. If anything, his contributions — given his age and his moderate record so far — are likely to be more pragmatic than path-marking for some of the country’s most hotly contested legal issues, such as voting rights, gun control and the scope of presidential powers.”
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