Barack Obama: “It is both my constitutional duty to nominate a Justice and one of the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016

It is both my constitutional duty to nominate a Justice and one of the most important decisions that I—or any president—will make.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on the Selection of a Nominee for United States Supreme Court Associate Justice

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