Sandra Day O'Connor says Obama should 'get on with it' and name Scalia's replacement

Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Add Sandra Day O'Connor to the list of people who say President Obama should name the late Antonin Scalia's replacement on the Supreme Court.

Ronald Reagan nominated O'Connor to the court in 1981, and she was the main swing vote until her retirement in 2006. She told KSAZ she does not agree with her fellow Republicans who say the next president should name Scalia's successor and they will block Obama's nominee. "We need somebody in there to do the job and just get on with it," she said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.