U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died during the weekend at a hunting ranch in Texas. As the Washington Post reports, his unexpected death has enormous political and legal consequences. Some conservative politicians have argued that President Obama should not nominate a successor for Scalia’s seat on the court because the vacancy comes in the last year of Obama’s presidency. Obama has indicated that he will nominate a candidate because he has a constitutional responsibility to do so. More after the break: