Rubio: Next Nominee Must Continue Scalia's 'Unwavering' Belief in American Principles

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio cautioned Saturday that the next occupant of the Oval Office must nominate a successor to the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia who "will continue Justice Scalia's unwavering belief in the founding principles that we hold dear.

"Justice Scalia was one of the most consequential Americans in our history and a brilliant legal mind who served with only one objective: to interpret and defend the Constitution as written," the Florida senator said.

Rubio recalled attending oral arguments in 2013 in the case of Town of Greece, N.Y., versus Galloway — over whether volunteer chaplains would be allowed to open legislative governmental sessions with prayer — and said that he saw "Justice Scalia eloquently defend religious freedom."

He called it "one of the greatest honors in my life. I will hold that memory forever."

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