Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE is calling on the Senate to hold a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

“The Senate has never taken more than 125 days to vote on a Supreme Court nominee, and, on average, a confirmation or rejection has taken just two months,” she said in a statement Wednesday.

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“This Senate has almost a full year to consider and confirm Judge Garland,” Clinton added.

“It should begin that work immediately by giving Judge Garland a full and fair hearing followed by a vote. That is what the American people deserve, it is what our Constitution demands, and with millions of people’s lives in the balance, anything less is entirely unacceptable.”

Clinton praised President Obama for quickly nominating Garland to replace Antonin Scalia after the former Supreme Court justice’s death last month.

“It is the president’s Constitutional responsibility to nominate justices to the Supreme Court, with the advice and consent of the Senate,” she said. "Today, in announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee, President Obama has met his responsibility.

“He has chosen a nominee with considerable experience on the bench and in public service, a brilliant legal mind, and a long history of bipartisan support and admiration. Now, it’s up to members of the Senate to meet their own, and perform the Constitutional duty they swore to undertake.”

Obama on Wednesday nominated Garland, noting the judge’s “decency, modesty, even-handedness and excellence."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE (R-Ky.) responded by vowing there would be no hearing for Obama’s candidate, a notion also backed by House Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.).

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee argue that Obama should not fill any Supreme Court vacancies, instead letting the next president do so.