US President Barack Obama has chosen three top nominees to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
According to sources, reporting on Friday, the three who are federal appellate judges include Merrick Garland, the chief judge for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia- Judge Sri Srinivasan, of the same court and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul Watford.
“It’s somebody who I want to make sure follows the Constitution; cares about things like stare decisis and precedent; understands the necessary humility of a judge at any level in looking at statute, looking at what the elected branches are doing; is not viewing themselves as making law or, in some ways, standing above elected representatives,” Obama said of his nominee.
The president said he’s looking for someone who also “recognizes…