Washington Braces for Brawl Over Supreme Court Vacancy

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia set off a legal and political earthquake in Washington and beyond. The arch-conservative jurist’s passing guarantees a confrontation between the White House and the Republican-led Senate on confirming a successor, and could put ideological control of the high court at stake in this year’s presidential election. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Justice Antonin Scalia authored some of the Supreme Court's most...

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