Judge Merrick Garland, Supreme Court nominee

Chief Judge Judge Merrick Garland, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, listens to President Barack Obama on March 16, 2016, during his announcement to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Judge Merrick Garland, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, left, and President Barack Obama, is introduced as Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 16, 2016.

Federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, center, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with President Barack Obama as he is introduced as Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court on March 16, 2016. Garland, 63, is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, center, introduce Judge Merrick Garland, right, as Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden at the White House on March 16, 2016.

Federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, right, walks out of the White House with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as he is introduced as Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court on March 16, 2016.

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland, the nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Merrick Garland, associate deputy attorney general, speaks to the media in April 1995 after a hearing for Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh in El Reno, Okla. President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court on March 16, 2016.