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Obama Picks SCOTUS Nominee; Clinton And Trump Win NC Primary

WUNC | By Laura Lee,
Adam Hochberg
Published March 16, 2016 at 12:39 PM EDT
Supreme Court Justice nominee Merrick Garland
US DOJ
Supreme Court Justice nominee Merrick Garland
Supreme Court Justice nominee Merrick Garland
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Supreme Court Justice nominee Merrick Garland

President Obama made his selection for the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court this morning: Merrick Garland.

The President called on the Senate to confirm the former prosecutor and DC Circuit Court Chief Judge. And the road to the White House has one less traveler after Marco Rubio bowed out following his defeat by Donald Trump in his home state of Florida.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won their respective fights in North Carolina yesterday. A political update with Time Warner Cable news reporter Geoff Bennett; political junkie Ken Rudin; North Carolina Central University political science professor Jarvis Hall; and Davidson College political science professor Susan Roberts.

Guest host Adam Hochberg talks with Time Warner Cable news reporter Geoff Bennett; political junkie Ken Rudin; North Carolina Central University political science professor Jarvis Hall; and Davidson College political science professor Susan Roberts.

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Laura Lee
Laura Lee began her journalism career as a producer and booker at NPR. She returned to her native North Carolina to manage The State of Things, a live daily statewide show on WUNC. After working as a managing editor of an education journalism start-up, she became a writer and editor at a national education publication, Edutopia. She then served as the news editor at Carolina Public Press, a statewide investigative newsroom. In 2022, she worked to build collaborative coverage of elections administration and democracy in North Carolina.

Laura received her master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland and her bachelor’s degree in political science and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Adam Hochberg
Adam Hochberg is a journalist with more than two decades experience with national news organizations. Hochberg spent 15 years as a correspondent for National Public Radio. His work also has been featured on CBS, ABC, and the PBS Newshour.
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