Justice Scalia has passed away unexpectedly; there's a brief NY Times notice here.  [ed.–it was originally brief, now much expanded].  Prior to his appointment to the DC Circuit, and then the Supreme Court, he was a law professor, first at the University of Virginia, then at the University of Chicago.  I will add links in due course as more becomes known.

ADDENDUM:   Predictably, the debate has already turned to the politics of Justice Scalia's replacement, and for obvious reasons.  But will anyone dare say openly why this is such a contested issue?

ANOTHER:  A remembrance from my colleague Geoffrey Stone.

AND MORE:  A longer memorial notice from Chicago.