Supreme Court Nomination Battle Consuming US Politics
Channel: World News
Date: 2016-02-22

The battle over a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy comes into sharper focus this week, as the Senate gets back to work after a weeklong recess and the White House continues to examine potential nominees.

The partisan stand-off over replacing Justice Antonin Scalia extends well beyond Washington and has been magnified and intensified by election year politics.

Bells tolled Saturday at Washington’s Roman Catholic basilica as a nation paid final respects to Scalia, an arch-conservative jurist known for lively exchanges during oral arguments before the high court and colorful opinions written from the bench.  A day earlier, as his casket lay in repose at the Supreme Court, arguments about filling his seat thundered across the city.