Scalia: "...his death will set off a mammoth fight..."

Justice Antonin Scalia dead

"Scalia was the leading conservative voice on the court, and his death will set off a mammoth fight over who should replace him in the heat of a presidential election cycle. 

Replacing Scalia with a liberal justice could change the balance of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts. 

There is likely to be significant pressure on the Senate, which is in Republican hands, to hold off on confirming anyone nominated by President Obama, who is in his last year in office."