Scalia's Death Spurs Ideological Battle Over New Justice Appointment
On February 13, the Supreme Court lost its most animated dissenter, Justice Antonin Scalia. His family mourns the loss of a husband and father; the country, one of the most influential judges in history and an intellectual anchor of conservatism. Were the American constitution not "dead, dead, dead" by Scalia's own interpretation, it too would likely mourn one of its greatest defenders.
Found dead in bed of natural causes following after an afternoon of quail hunting, Scalia leaves behind a legacy like no other at a time like no other.