RIH Antonin Scalia, 79

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The late Supreme Court Justice's unexpected death throws a whole new spin on the implications of the upcoming elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/scalias-death-plunges-court-national-politics-into-turmoil/2016/02/13/136c0590-d2a4-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html

It will indeed be interesting to see whether the Right follows through on its threat to reject any and all Obama appointments until a new President is sworn in. But that would mean the court would remain a 4-4 ideological tie for over a year, and it certainly would not reflect well on them in the coming election cycle.