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Hillary Clinton said her Supreme Court nominees would have to prove that they would uphold the Roe v. Wade decision establishing a national right to abortion and would have to show that they would overturn the Citizens United decision that established free speech campaign rights for interest groups. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton would impose abortion, campaign finance litmus tests on Supreme Court nominees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley (Associated Press/File) ** FILE **

Chuck Grassley faces Merrick Garland hearing supporters on Iowa tour

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama&#8217;s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, sits during a meeting with Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Garland, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is being blocked from a confirmation hearing by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has been steadfast in his refusal to advance any Supreme Court nominee during the waning months of Obama&#8217;s presidency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama calls on Texas to pressure their GOP senators over Supreme Court nomination

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Georgetown Law School in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016. Biden is pointing to his years as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to cast Republicans' election-year Supreme Court blockade as a dangerous new escalation of partisanship. In a speech at Georgetown Law School, Biden, took credit for moving eight Supreme Court nominees through the committee and to a vote on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Joe Biden: Senate GOP ‘ridiculous’ for using my words to block Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, sits during a meeting with Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

MADISON GESIOTTO: Could Judge Merrick Garland be the end of the Second Amendment as we know it?

By Madison Gesiotto

U.S. Constitution

JENNY BETH MARTIN: No confirmation hearings until after the election

By Jenny Beth Martin

Sen. Charles E. Schumer met with Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Chuck Schumer says GOP should back Judge Garland for Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2016, photo, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, center, speaks as President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden listen after he was introduced as Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama’s nomination of Garland is putting one of his potential successors in a political bind. Garland has received a cool reception from some of the progressive voters Hillary Clinton is trying to win over in her fight against Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Merrick Garland denied review to pro-life priests challenging contraceptive mandate

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

CAL THOMAS: Merrick Garland would tilt Supreme Court leftward

By Cal Thomas

Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama&#8217;s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, sits during a meeting with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Merrick Garland rulings consistently side with labor unions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland shakes hands with President Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court on Wednesday in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Associated Press)

Merrick Garland pushed for referendum on Harvard’s ROTC ban

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort in Flagstaff, Ariz., Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Bernie Sanders: If elected, I’d ask Obama to withdraw Garland nomination to make own SCOTUS pick

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democrats call on Senate GOP to hold hearings for Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Schumer (Associated Press)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Playing a game with the Supreme Court

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

With the nomination of Merrick Garland likely to be President Obama's last for the Supreme Court, he's facing disappointment from his base that the nation's first black president has failed to place a black jurist on the court. (Associated Press)

Obama’s choice of white male Merrick Garland for Supreme Court sparks liberal backlash

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards said stripping her organization of federal funding would cut off access to birth control, cancer screenings and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood: Give Merrick Garland ‘a fair hearing’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama is on a media blitz to pressure the Senate Republican leadership to schedule a confirmation hearing and vote on Judge Merrick Garland, who has been waiting seven weeks for action. (Associated Press/File)

Merrick Garland nominated to Supreme Court by Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland shakes hands with President Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court on Wednesday in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Associated Press)

Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama (Associated Press)

Court: White House visitor logs for Obama and most of his staff are confidential

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