The issue on which branch of the government has the authority to appoint Scalia's seat boiled down to the political rivalry.
Liberals and conservatives in the Senate prepare for a battle on prospective Supreme Court nominee after the sudden death of Justice Scalia. Senate Republicans say that the appointment should be done after the next presidential election.
The Republican and Democrat political parties hunker down for a long-drawn out war as President Barack Obama exercises his constitutional right to find a nominee to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scala in the Supreme Court. The Republicans argue that the president, in his last year in office, should leave the nomination to his successor.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia;s death has left an important, controversial question: Should President Barack Obama, in his last 10 months in office, be allowed to appoint a justice who would likely create a liberal majority on the Supreme Court?
