Several pending cases with potentially landscape-altering implications on issues such as abortion and voting rights will likely be heard by an eight-justice court. We search for at how Antonin Scalia’s death may affect the outcomesThe unexpected death of Antonin Scalia leaves the supreme court with only eight members – and the potential outcomes of several pending cases hanging in the balance.
If the Democratic party controlled the Senate,Barack Obama would now be able to name a replacement, and those upcoming cases likely to produce a closely divided court would simply be held over until the current justice was confirmed.
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Source: theguardian.com