18th District Congressman Darin LaHood offers his thoughts on the replacement process for recently-deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. LaHood said his thoughts and prayers go to the family of Justice Scalia, and added he leaves a tremendous void with the Court.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, just hours after Scalia’s passing over the weekend, was reported as saying the Senate should not confirm a replacement for Supreme Court until after a new president is elected.

McConnell, along with every other Republican senator in a Democratically-controlled Senate, voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in Ronald Reagan’s final year of presidency.

Barrack Obama is in his final year of presidency and has gotten two other justices to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.