To honor his memory, [[George Mason University]] will name its law school after him.
To honor his memory, [[George Mason University]] will name its law school after him.
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In an unprecedented move, the Senate did not conduct a confirmation hearing for [[Merrick Garland]]. Garland was Obama's nominee as Scalia's replacement on the Court.<ref>http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/senate_hold_on_merrick_garland_nomination_is_unprecedented_almost/</ref> The Court remained incomplete for the remainder of Obama's term, which was more than six months.
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In an unprecedented move, the Senate did not conduct a confirmation hearing for [[Merrick Garland]]. Garland was Obama's nominee as Scalia's replacement on the Court.<ref>http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/senate_hold_on_merrick_garland_nomination_is_unprecedented_almost/</ref> The Court remained incomplete for the remainder of Obama's term, which was more than six months. The Senate chose this action because it knew that Obama's nominee was a leftist who would shift the court to the left and would [[Judicial Activism|legislate]] even more oppressive and unconstitutional decisions than it already had. Scalia himself did not retire during the Obama Administration because he knew of the damaging consequences that would result from such a move.<ref>Coyle, Marcia; Mauro, Tony (October 29, 2012). [http://www.niu.edu/polisci/faculty/profiles/ward/ward_files/ElectingaSupremeCourt.pdf Electing a Supreme Court]. ''The National Law Journal''. Retrieved Janary 22, 2017.</ref>