Scalia's death creates a terrible need to have Hillary or Bernie be President! Obama will nominate someone to replace Scalia but the Republican Congress will not confirm him/her, hoping to have a Republican President to change the nomination to a very conservative person. Also there is an excellent chance that the next President will have a couple of nominees to replace the octogenarians on the Court. The thing I fear the most is that, whomever Obama nominates, the Republicans will be able to fire up their voters to come out to prevent Obama's nomination from going through! They will have a large advantage in the war of words because they will have someone specific to hate. The Democrats will have a more intellectual argument that will not rile up their voters as much. Damn!