ANALYSIS: What President Obama's Supreme Court Nomination Means for the 2016 Race

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<> ANALYSIS: What President Obama's Supreme Court Nomination Means for the 2016 Race - Almost immediately, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again stressed the vacancy should not be filled in an election year despite the nomination of Garland -- an ABC News/Washington Post poll last week, Americans by 63 to 32 percent said the president's nominee should get a hearing Mitch McConnell Cites 'Constitutional Right' to Deny Obama on Supreme Court Nominee - "It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent," McConnell said Sierra Club Launches Campaign To Pressure Senators - Tell your senators to do their job and go through the normal constitutionally-mandated process of choosing the next Supreme Court Justice -- #DoYourJob Joe Biden's comments haunt him two decades later - Constitutional Law Professor: "There is nothing in the law that can force the Senate to have hearings or vote on the nominee. . . Given the Senate rules, they can completely block any nominee . . . Democrats and the White House can only pressure the GOP to act." Fight against Obama's SCOTUS pick is all political – law professor What Garland's Supreme Court Nomination Could Mean for the Climate Senate Dems, Schumer, Progressive Group Leaders Vow Increased Public Pressure Until Republican Senators Cave POTUS announces his SCOTUS nominee - [See WIMS 3/16/16 report]