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Is the Constitution at stake in this year's election?

  • Written by Patrick Wiseman, Professor of Law, Georgia State University

If Senate Republicans are true to their word, the next president of the United States will nominate Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement.

Given the age of several other members of the Supreme Court and rumors of others’ retirement, it is likely the next president will make as many as four nominations.

This potentially dramatic change in...

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