Scalia’s death sets in motion a scramble to select a new justice who will reliably vote with the court’s liberals but can get past a U.S. Senate controlled by the Republican Party. Already, the Hill is reporting Republicans will block any Obama nominee, with a spokesman for Sen. Mike Lee, a GOP member of the Judiciary Committee, immediately tweeting out: “What is less than zero? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia?”