Jeb Bush and Donald Trump at the Republican debate in South Carolina. (CBS)

Speaking only hours after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump and the other candidates began Saturday night’s debate by declaring the 2016 presidential election an opportunity to either cement or lose the Supreme Court’s conservative majority.

Below are some of the evening’s noteworthy moments.

—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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