Politics | President Obama Obama: I Will Nominate, Expect a 'Timely Vote' Republicans want him to hold off on Scalia seat in election year By Newser Editors Posted Feb 13, 2016 8:08 PM CST Copied In this Sept. 26, 1986, photo, retiring Chief Justice Warren Burger, right, swears in Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi) President Obama paid tribute to the late Antonin Scalia Saturday night, but he also made clear that he intends to nominate a successor despite Republican opposition to that idea. "I plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor in due time," said Obama, per Politico. "There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the Senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a full hearing and timely vote." Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, and others want the position to remain vacant for the next president to fill. In his brief comments, Obama said Scalia "will no doubt be remembered as one of the most consequential judges and thinkers on the Supreme Court." Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. A government watchdog is warning the FAA about meteorologists. Those chips and cookies could wreak havoc on your fertility. Report an error