NEW: President Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Replace Scalia

NEW: President Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Replace Scalia

President Obama has chosen to nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, according to reports.

Garland has served as the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for almost two decades, and was confirmed to that position by a margin of 53 votes.

GoLocal teams with Graphiq to show age and vote margin comparisons for Merrick Garland and other potential nominees, number of Supreme Court nominations by president, the political ideology of court justices over time, a timeline for Merrick Garland, as well as comparisons of the breakdown of ethnicity and gender of district court appointees by administration.

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