Justice Scalia's Replacement Faces The Political Gauntlet

President Obama says he will not wait to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday. But with congressional Republicans threatening to block anyone the president nominates until after the election, the confirmation process is sure to get ugly.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Linda Greene, professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1986 to 1989, and provided legal advice in the committee's consideration of five Supreme Court nominees.

Correction: In the audio above, our guest misstated the year of the presidential election with the highest voter turnout. Voter turnout was 62.8 percent in 1960, not 1961.