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President Obama and Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will stop by the University of Chicago Law School on Thursday to address the significance of filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Most Democrats (80 percent) back Garland, while 45 percent of the overall public have a positive outlook about his nomination.

African American advocates and women's group wonder why a more liberal (and African American) judge wasn't nominated to sit on our nation's highest court.