Republicans, Obama Already Clashing Over Scalia’s Replacement

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., fired back a counterstatement: “Failing to fill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate’s most essential constitutional responsibilities.”

Philip Wegmann, --February 14, 2016

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The fight over who should fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court broke out quickly after the justice’s death Saturday. Both parties wasted little time marking the battle lines for a clash that could continue until President Barack Obama leaves office.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made his position clear just hours after the news broke. The Kentucky Republican wants Scalia’s seat to remain open until after the 2016 election. “The American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice,” McConnell wrote in a statement. “Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” More...

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