There&#x27;s a precedent to replace &#x27;like with like&#x27;, so knowing that Scalia was very right-leaning, (if he gets the chance) Obama will very likely nominate a centrist, if not a right-leaning one.  At least that seemed to previously be the case... In this new world of scorched earth politics, who knows..<p>Edit;<p>My guess for nomination:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sri_Srinivasan" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sri_Srinivasan</a><p>He&#x27;s a Stanford guy, Indian, already sailed through the Senate for a DC Court of Appeals position, disliked by Unions, and by all accounts a brilliant legal mind. He&#x27;s successfully represented corporate clients (e.g. Skilling in Skilling vs. USA) and had a successful career in the private world.<p>This somewhat contradicts my first paragraph, but he&#x27;s definitely to the right of Kagan or Sotamayor.