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Urgent: Obama nominates new Supreme Court justice amid partisan fight

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland as the country's 113th Supreme Court justice, setting off a showdown with Senate Republicans who had vowed to block any nomination in the last year of Obama's presidency. Endi