Justice Antonin Scalia's death sets up election-year showdown for every branch of U.S. government

It looks as though the defining issue of the U.S. election campaign has arrived. How the country moves forward in the next few decades will depend on the composition of its Supreme Court — and that composition depends on the president who appoints the justices.

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