Obama: Give Supreme Court pick 'respect he has earned'

Obama chose 63-year-old centrist judge Merrick Garland on Wednesday for a pivotal vacancy on the high court to replace conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly on the eve of Valentine's Day. Republicans fear Garland will tip the court's even balance toward liberals and have vowed to refuse him even a Senate confirmation hearing, with hopes that a Republican will take the White House in November's election and appoint the next justice.