Megan Cassella and Susan Heavey

Cracks In GOP Opposition To Garland Court Pick Begin To Show

WASHINGTON – Two key U.S. Senate Republicans signaled they would be open to considering after the Nov. 8 presidential election President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, the centrist judge who was set on Thursday to begin meeting with senators. The comments by Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Arizona’s Jeff Flake, members of the…