ANALYSIS: Justice Scalia: ‘His contributions to the law are incalculable’

The Washington Times ^ | February 13, 2016 | David R. Sands

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NEWS ANALYSIS:

Tom Goldstein, editor of the popular Scotusblog website that tracks the Supreme Court, called Justice Antonin Scalia a "historic figure, surely one of the most influential minds -- on and off the court -- of the last century."

"His contributions to the law are incalculable," Mr. Goldstein wrote. "They substantially reframed discussions of constitutional, statutory and administrative law."

With the high court balanced between a conservative bloc long led by Scalia and a group of four liberal judges, Mr. Goldstein said the question of a successor will prove a complicated one in the midst of a presidential election year. Ordinarily, he noted, a replacement could be nominated and confirmed by the Senate long before President Obama leaves office in January 2017, but the normal scenario will likely not apply.

"Theoretically, the process could conclude before the November election," he wrote. "Realistically, it cannot absent a consensus nominee -- and probably not even then, given the stakes...

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We need him to lay in state and a national day of morning.

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Absolutely! Justice Antonin Scalia is a great American and true Patriot!

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Instead of honoring him tonight and discussing his many accomplishments, it looks like we’re more concerned in arguing who, when, where, how he should be replaced.

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