Justice Scalia Dies at 79

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia immediately shook up the 2016 presidential race, inserting a new issue for the candidates to use to draw contrasts with one another.

Several candidates — three of whom are sitting senators — sent quick condolences and had already staked their ground on the question of what President Obama and the Senate should do about Justice Scalia’s replacem

Justice Antonin Scalia's death immediately triggered a monumental election-year battle in Washington over whether President Barack Obama should choose a successor who could tilt the Supreme Court toward liberals.

Within two hours of Scalia's death being reported, presidential candidates along with Republican and Democrati