With Republicans vowing to block any Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly on Feb. 13, the fate of cases pending before the court, or that could end up on its future docket, has been clouded with uncertainty.
Among those cases are several that affect construction. Nearest to a decision is U.S. v. Texas, an Obama-administration appeal of a lower-court ruling invalidating the president’s 2014 directive protecting certain immigrants from deportation. Oral argument has not yet been scheduled.