ruthlessly defending the constitution. still he maintained deep friendships with chief justices like ruth ginnsberg. president obama says there's enough time left in his term to appoint scalia's replacement. >> but many republicans, including senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell say the appointment should wait until a new president is elected. >> it is called delay, delay, delay. >> the second time in more than 60 years that a justice has died while still serving on the bench. cbs news, the supreme court. >> scalia served on the supreme court for three decades. scalia's doctor says he suffered conditions. his family denied a private autopsy. >> former governor ted strickland strickland. mcconnell said he will block the vote. >> strickland says it is wrong. >> i'm troubled that the republican leadership and all of the candidates for the presidency on the republican side are saying that this president should not nominate and that they will not consider forth. i think that is just the result of raw politics, and i think that's an example of putting partisan politics above the needs of the country.