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Debate heats up over replacement of late Supreme Court Justice

As flags fly half-staff at the White House and Supreme Court, the debate heats up over when a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia should be nom...

WASHINGTON (AP) —As flags fly half-staff at the White House and Supreme Court, the debate heats up over when a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia should be nominated.

Related: Iowa flags ordered to be flown at half mast to honor former Supreme Court Justice 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the next president should nominate someone.

But the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, told CNN's "State of the Union" that McConnell is "certainly ignoring the Constitution."

Scalia died Saturday, February 13, 2016 in his sleep. 

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