Obama announces long-serving appeals court judge as his choice to replace Antonin Scalia,a day after Clinton and Trump win several key primariesFull report: Obama nominates Merrick Garland to supreme court 6.30pm GMTTed Cruz responds to the Garland nomination:Merrick Garland is exactly the type of #SCOTUS nominee you get when you make deals in Washington D.
C. https://t.co/Y8xrwMKpFxMerrick Garland is exactly the type of Supreme Court nominee you get when you make deals in Washington D.
C. A so-called ‘moderate’ Democrat nominee is precisely the kind of deal that Donald Trump has told us he would make – someone who would rule along with other liberals on the bench like Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor. ...
I proudly stand with my Republican colleagues in our shared belief – our advice and consent – that we should not vote on any nominee until the next president is sworn into office. The People will resolve. 6.20pm GMTThe Bernie Sanders camp says in a fundraising email that Clinton has hit “the tall water mark” and Sanders will win a string of upcoming states.
The demographics bear him out on the “upcoming states” section, with favorable conditions for Sanders in seven of the next eight states, and according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis... followed by gentle winds for Clinton in six of the last seven.
What you will not hear from the political and media establishment is that,based on the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the tall water mark for the Clinton campaign. Starting today, and the map now shifts dramatically in our favor. [...]That means we absorb an extremely generous chance to win nearly every state that votes in the next month. whether we continue to stand together,were just getting started for our political revolution.
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Source: theguardian.com