Feb 14 Watch 3:58 Supreme showdown: Replacing Scalia will put divided government to the test By PBS News Hour Although President Barack Obama has the time and desire to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court, Republican leaders have indicated the vacancy should be filled by the next president. NewsHour's political director Lisa Desjardins joins William Brangham to… Continue watching
Feb 14 2016 candidates stress importance of Scalia successor By Associated Press Candidates in both parties moved quickly to reframe the election as a referendum on the high court's future. Continue reading
Feb 14 Issues SCOTUS to soon consider include contraception, religious liberty By Michael D. Regan and Mark Sherman, Associated Press Next month's Supreme Court arguments in a clash over contraceptives, religious liberty and President Barack Obama's health care law also now seem more likely to favor the Obama administration. Continue reading
Feb 14 Campaign-year political heat rises over court vacancy By Laurie Kellman, David Warren, Associated Press As the flags fly lower, the campaign-year political heat has risen over the vacancy on the nine-member court. Continue reading
Feb 14 Obama to nominate Scalia successor ‘in due time’ By Kathleen Hennessey and Donna Cassata, Associated Press President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, charging into a heated and likely prolonged election-year fight with Republicans. Obama said a nomination was… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 6:23 How will the vacancy left by Scalia’s death affect the balance of the court? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 ‘A brilliant jurist and important American’: Reactions pour in remembering Justice Scalia By Associated Press Following news of the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, reactions poured in from influential figures around the world. Continue reading
Feb 13 In victory or dissent, Scalia was a man of strong opinions By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Scalia deeply influenced a generation of conservative legal thinkers and was a lightning rod for criticism from the left almost from the moment President Ronald Reagan put him on the court in 1986. Continue reading
Feb 13 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79 By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died, leaving the high court without its conservative majority and setting up an ideological confrontation over his successor in the maelstrom of a presidential election year. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 6:16 Will a surprising Supreme Court move shake the Paris climate accord? By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court temporarily blocked major regulations, designed by the EPA, to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The move, which has been called unprecedented, means that the Obama administration's rules can't go into effect until… Continue watching