How Scalia’s Death Will Affect Pending Cases Before The Supreme Court

Massimo Calabresi, Time: Politics
Sat, 02/13/2016 - 5:19pm

The untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia rightly will be met with sadness and many learned assessments of the long-term impact this historic figure had on the Court, the American judiciary and the country. In the short-term, his passing may have consequences for several important cases that are to be decided this year. When the Supreme Court justices split evenly on how to rule, the decision of the lower court stands.

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