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Read Obama's Speech Nominating Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court
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Mar 16, 2016 3:43 PM CUT

Merrick Garland stands with President Obama and Vice President Biden as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court in the White House, on March 16, 2016.
Merrick Garland stands with President Obama and Vice President Biden as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court in the White House, on March 16, 2016.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP
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Mar 16, 2016 3:43 PM CUT
President Obama nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the vacant Supreme Court seat in a speech in the Rose Garden Wednesday.
He would replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in mid February, but he faces an uphill battle as Senate Republicans have vowed not to confirm—or even vote on—Obama’s pick.
Here are President Obama’s full remarks nominating Garland.
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