UK Daily Mail "While the nomination battle for Justice Antonin Scalia's vacant seat has just begun, the repercussions of his death on the Supreme Court will be immediate.
"He wasn't feeling well and went to bed early, CNN reported.
"The absence of Scalia, who died from natural causes at a hunting ranch in Texas on Saturday, has left the Supreme Court split with four Democratic and Republican appointees each.
"Now a number of pending cases on abortion, immigration and affirmative action, among others, could be left with a 4-4 tie with the loss of conservative Scalia tipping the majority." . . .
"He wasn't feeling well and went to bed early, CNN reported.
"When he did not show up for breakfast in the morning, a person associated with the ranch went to check on him and found his body in his room.
" 'The US Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI are investigating Scalia's death but there was no evidence of foul play, a federal official told My San Antonio.
"'A gray Cadillac hearse, coming from Alpine Memorial Funeral Home, arrived at the ranch on Saturday afternoon. An El Paso priest was also called to Marfa on Saturday, KVIA reported.
" 'Scalia leaves behind his wife of 55 years, Maureen, as well as their nine children and 28 grandchildren. ' "
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"A 4-4 tie would also uphold the federal court's ban on Obama's 2014 executive action to protect four million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
"But it would not allow the Court to put broader limits on the authority of the president, a possibility they discussed in January, according to Bloomberg.
""Unlike with the abortion and immigration cases, Scalia's absence will make a tie impossible in an upcoming affirmative action decision. "
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