02-22-2016, 01:06 PM
Now that he's been laid to rest, I think we'll start seeing more pundit pieces covering what many see as Scalia's destructive and regressive impact on the country.
I think the vacant Justice chair is now one of the most important factors in the 2016 presidential race. If Democrats win the White House and replace Scalia with a progressive or even moderate Justice (and especially if Ginsburg, Kennedy and/or Thomas also leave the court during the Democratic president's term), it would likely be at least a decade before a majority conservative-leaning court would be a possibility.
Scalia's critics opposed the obvious influence his religion played in his decisions, his orginalist interpretation of the Constitution, and his aggressiveness. His fans, like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, praise him for those very attributes.
I think the vacant Justice chair is now one of the most important factors in the 2016 presidential race. If Democrats win the White House and replace Scalia with a progressive or even moderate Justice (and especially if Ginsburg, Kennedy and/or Thomas also leave the court during the Democratic president's term), it would likely be at least a decade before a majority conservative-leaning court would be a possibility.
Scalia's critics opposed the obvious influence his religion played in his decisions, his orginalist interpretation of the Constitution, and his aggressiveness. His fans, like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, praise him for those very attributes.