Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

Governor Scott Walker has ordered all flags be lowered in honor of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who had close ties to Milwaukee.

Like Kasich, he started responding to the Supreme Court question by talking about the negative reaction by some to Scalia’s death and said “we should be thinking about how can we create some healing in this land”.

Let’s see what history shows about lame-duck presidential picks to the Supreme Court.

Each of the Republican presidential candidates echoed the sentiment via social media and at a televised debate Saturday night.

After holding a moment of silence for the deceased justice, the candidates proceeded to somewhat awkwardly to express just how sad and dismayed they were over the Scalia’s death and what it signifies for the “conservative movement”. “President Obama should nominate someone quickly and put pressure on the Senate to confirm and not leave a vacancy for the rest of this term and all of the next”.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders on Saturday suggested that they’ll hold-up the nomination process, which can be a long march through the judiciary committee and the vetting process.

The death of the US conservative has prompted Republicans to rally against any move by the Obama administration to appoint another Supreme Court Justice.

Nominated to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1986, Scalia filled the seat vacated by William Rehnquist – whom Reagan elevated to Chief Justice upon the retirement of Warren Burger. “This court could remain with eight justices until the next president takes office”.

Speaking to a packed room of Democrats at a Colorado fundraiser, Hillary Clinton said while she prays for the family of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died this afternoon, she’s also praying for the future of the country. The grass-roots of the Republican Party are already in open revolt against the party leadership in Washington — that fury is one of the factors behind the rise of outsider presidential candidates like Donald Trump and conservative Sen.

Alternatively, Obama could nominate a more ideological figure that rallies the Democratic base but has no chance of being confirmed.

Unfortunately for Democrats, there is little they can do to force Republicans to act outside of making their case to the public and hoping Republicans buckle to political pressure. “The country is not well served by tie-votes on the Supreme Court”, said Lee.

The death of one justice could be the difference between whether polarizing issues related to abortion, gay marriage, affirmative action, the second amendment pass or fail.

This seat on the Supreme Court could make all the difference with regard to virtually every constitutional issue and affect all of us, often in the most intimate and important aspects of our lives.

Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, who chairs the Senate committee that would vet a court nominee, also called on the White House to wait for the next president.