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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Feb 15, 2016

President Barack Obama said he will attempt to fill the Supreme Court vacancy within the last year of his presidency, despite Senate Republicans saying it is unlikely the nominee will be confirmed. NPR created a shortlist of potential nominees, including: Sri Srinivasan, a D.C. Circuit judge; Paul Watford, who was confirmed to the Ninth Circuit in 2012; and Patricia Ann Millett, who was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit Court in 2013. Presidential-hopeful Donald Trump announced his two potential nominees during the Republican debate Saturday: Judge Diane S. Sykes, a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Bill Pryor, former Alabama attorney general and a federal judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Law Newz reports.