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. More importantly, he leaves behind a vacancy of enormous political significance: with the Supreme Court split 4 and 4 the winter before a general election, the stakes could not be higher. A partisan political battle over his replacement has begun to rage, proving that as large as he was in life, Scalia is perhaps even larger in absence.
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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. More importantly, he leaves behind a vacancy of enormous political significance: with the Supreme Court split 4 and 4 the winter before a general election, the stakes could not be higher. A partisan political battle over his replacement has begun to rage, proving that as large as he was in life, Scalia is perhaps even larger in absence.
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