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LaMalfa Open to Supreme Court Vacancy Hearings

Posted: Feb. 18, 2016 3:51 PM PST

Nevada County’s congressman says he’d be okay with hearings to fill the U-S Supreme Court vacancy during an election year. But Doug LaMalfa also says he doubts President Obama will nominate an acceptable candidate…

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LaMalfa says the replacement should be as conservative as Antonin Scalia…

click to listen to Congressman LaMalfa

Obama says the Constitution demands that a president nominate someone for the court and the Senate either confirms or rejects the candidate. But many Republicans in Congress believe in waiting until the new president is in office. Obama said he understands the political stakes of a nomination that could change the balance on the court.

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