WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican presidential debaters misfired in assertions about Supreme Court nominees, Syria and more. TED CRUZ: "We have 80 years of precedent of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year." Rubio and other Republicans argued that President Barack Obama, as a lame duck, should not fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but leave it to the next president — which they hope will be one of them. [...] the U.S.