US judge Scalia is dead

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US judge Scalia is dead

The as extremely conservative current judge Antonin Scalia of the Supreme court of the United States is dead. The anti-abortionists and Todesstrafenbefürworter was 79 years old. Even now there is dispute over his succession.

Scalia had over the decades, the US interpretation of the law are shaped. He was regarded as followers of a strict interpretation of the Constitution in its original sense.

The 79-Year-old was during a holiday on a westtexanischen Ranch is found dead. He had died a natural death, reports US media citing the US marshals Service. The senior judges in the nine Supreme court, John Roberts, confirmed the death. He said it was a “great loss”.

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The determination of a successor falls in the middle of the presidential campaign. The incumbent, Barack Obama sent his “sincere condolences”. Actually it would be his job to a successor Scalias name already in 1986 by Republican President Ronald Reagan had been inserted. But could the Republicans dominated Congress, one of Obama’s proposed candidate block.

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First indications are already there: So called for the conservative party promptly after becoming aware of the death notice, until Obama’s successor should be a new judge for the Supreme Court to select. In the United States is in November, a new President is elected. Obama may after two terms no longer stand.

With Scalia dominated in the constitutional court of the United States, the conservative judge in a ratio of 5 to 4. Many judgments were scarce along this line like.

Under the Obama administration have been so far two judges of the Supreme Court appointed. Both are the liberal wing of the investment. Their confirmation in the Senate was relatively unproblematic, since the Kongresskammer at the time of the Democrats
was controlled. In the meantime, however, the Republican majority in the Senate. In addition to the President in November, the house of representatives and a third of the Senate elected.

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