After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a number of GOP lawmakers have essentially told Obama to forget about nominating a replacement, because they don’t trust him to pick a suitable candidate.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said that the vacancy shouldn’t be filled until the next presidency, and GOP presidential candidate and Texas senator Ted Cruz has promised to filibuster any candidate Obama nominates.
Ted Cruz has promised to filibuster any candidate Obama nominates.
