How Scalia’s death may have killed Supreme Court conservatism (John Hudak, Brookings)

Justice Antonin Scalia’s death not only created an opening on the Supreme Court, but also ignited what will be one of the most intense political battles of the modern era. A liberal president with the constitutional obligation to nominate justices to the high court, a conservative Republican Senate with the constitutional obligation to advise and consent to nominations, and a competitive presidential election less than nine months away, all make the stakes in selecting Scalia’s successor quite high.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/02/15-scalia-death-of-conservative-jurisprudence-hudak