For the non-Americans, the Supreme Court decides how laws should be interpreted. The nine justices are appointed for life, so they either have to die or resign in order to create a vacancy. Currently the court is split 5-4 in favor of conservatives, but with the death of Scalia (a conservative) Obama can nominate a liberal justice and swing the balance of power. Naturally this has resulted in massive amount of butthurt because nobody thought this would happen until after the next presidential election.
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