On Jan. 20, 2016, exactly a year before a new president would be sworn into office, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia announced the court’s 8-to-1 decision reinstating the death penalty for two Kansas brothers. It was the last time the 79-year-old Scalia would announce an opinion. Three weeks later, on a hunting trip in Texas, the conservative icon died in his sleep.Since then, the year has been one long roller-coaster ride for the Supreme Court, with the eight remaining justices putting off the most controversial cases, while President Obama and the U.S. Senate struggled over filling the vacancy.
The Supreme Court To Take A Conservative Turn In 2017
