President Obama rejected GOP calls for a nearly year-long delay that would allow his successor to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
"The Constitution is pretty clear," he told reporters, that a qualified nominee should be considered by the Senate. He said his nominee would be "indisputably qualified," and he complained that Americans have become almost accustomed to obstruction from Republican lawmakers.
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