When Justice Scalia died in 2016, what was the initial response by high-ranking Republican senators that would be involved in the confirmation process of a new justice?
A. to proclaim that Senate Republicans would filibuster any Obama nominee that year
B. to call on President Obama to nominate a justice that would be acceptable to both parties
C. to proclaim that the Senate would either not confirm or not give a hearing to any Obama nominee that year
D. to make a vague promise that they would give any Obama nominee a fair confirmation hearing
E. to lament that the next justice confirmed to the Supreme Court would not be as conservative as the one who had just passed
Answer: C
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