Obama's shortlist for nominees to replace Scalia includes some familiar names

Rejecting calls from Republicans to leave the job to his successor, President Obama says he plans to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “in due time” following the conservative firebrand’s sudden death on Saturday. So who does the president plan to nominate?

According to Yahoo News Chief Political Correspondent Olivier Knox, Obama’s shortlist includes Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit; Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor who spent one year as Obama’s acting solicitor general; Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Solicitor General Don Verrilli; and former Attorney General Eric Holder.

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