Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

Name: Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Uploaded: 2016-03-16T15:20:00Z
Description: President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known as a consensus builder on what is often dubbed the nation's second-highest court.

President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known as a consensus builder on what is often dubbed the nation's second-highest court.

Posted March 16, 2016 11:20am EDT