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Letters: GOP hypocritical on Supreme Court court vacancy

Members of the public walk past a portrait of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, where the late justice lay in repose.
Members of the public walk past a portrait of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, where the late justice lay in repose. Jacquelyn Martin AP
Columbia, SC

I guess if the current president were a Republican, the Republican candidates would still insist that the next president nominate a U.S. Supreme Court justice and not the current president?

Give me a break.

Brenda Needle

Columbia

This story was originally published March 1, 2016 at 12:19 PM with the headline "Letters: GOP hypocritical on Supreme Court court vacancy."

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