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David Axelrod: A surprising request from Justice Scalia — David Axelrod is CNN's senior political commentator and host of the podcast “The Axe Files.” He was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
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Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford is the most likely nominee to replace Antonin Scalia — In thinking about how to respond to the vacancy on the Supreme Court, the administration has two priorities. First, fill the Scalia seat by getting a nominee confirmed.
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Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years — In the wake of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, questions have arisen about whether there is a standard practice of not nominating and confirming Supreme Court Justices during a presidential election year.
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Official: Scalia died of heart attack — MARFA, Texas — The death certificate for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will list myocardial infarction — a heart attack — as the official cause of death, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told WFAA on Sunday.
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Is a recess appointment to the Court an option? (UPDATED) — UPDATED Sunday 8:48 a.m. The Senate is currently in recess until February 22. The recess began on Friday. Whether this opens an opportunity for a recess appointment depends upon how Senate leaders interpret an adjournment resolution approved last Friday.
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The Next Supreme Court Nominee — Let me put down a few thoughts about two circulating talking points on the possible treatment of a nominee to replace Scalia. Here is the Times framing the use of the filibuster: — Filibusters of Supreme Court nominations are rare …


Scalia's death to be ruled a heart attack … MARFA, Texas — The Texas death certificate for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will list myocardial infarction or a heart attack as the official cause of death, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told WFAA on Sunday.
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Talking Points Memo, Infowars, Associated Press and TPNN


If Republicans block Obama's Supreme Court nomination, he wins anyway — After Justice Antonin Scalia's death Saturday at 79, the Supreme Court is now evenly divided between four liberal justices and four conservatives, even with Anthony Kennedy's occasional swings.
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Scalia is said to have died of a heart attack — MARFA, Tex. — Inside the cloistered chambers of the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia's days were highly regulated and predictable. He met with clerks, wrote opinions and appeared for arguments in the august courtroom on a schedule set months in advance.


Justice Scalia Died of Heart Attack, No Autopsy Planned, Breitbart Freaking Out
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After Antonin Scalia's Death, Fierce Battle Lines Emerge
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Antonin Scalia's legacy: blistering zingers and a more partisan America
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FLASHBACK: In 2007, Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations
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Battle Begins Over Naming Next Justice
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Conservatives Quickly Refuse Any Obama Court Replacement After Antonin Scalia's Death

Why the death of a Supreme Court justice in office is unusual
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Ted Cruz Plans to Filibuster Any Supreme Court Nominee Made by President Obama
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Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year
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Judiciary chair: ‘Standard practice’ to not confirm SCOTUS nominee in election year
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Justice Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court Legacy
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The Simply Breathtaking Consequences Of Justice Scalia's Death
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How Long Does It Take to Confirm a Supreme Court Nominee?
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In Republican Debate, Jeb Bush Attacks Donald Trump
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Antonin Scalia, Conservative Legal Giant
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Poll: South Carolina still solidly for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton — The CBS News Battleground Tracker poll Donald Trump keeps a large lead in South Carolina, bolstered by support from conservatives and also from evangelical voters, who make up a large share of the electorate here.
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Trump was out of control in South Carolina debate — Donald Trump was so awful, so horrible, so disgusting in the latest Republican debate — his lies, his distortions, his deceits, and his libels thicker and fouler than they've yet been—that he's done us all a favor.
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Trump and Drudge for the win, again: Matt Drudge's army is bigger than the RNC's
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The ‘You Lie’ Debate: Republicans Running Out of Time to Stop Trump in South Carolina
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Online poll: Trump up by 22 points in SC
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Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and Slantpoint


Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11
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COULD OBAMA MAKE A RECESS APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE SCALIA?: The answer appears to be “yes,” because (once again), the GOP-controlled Senate voluntarily has left itself vulnerable to the exercise of such presidential power. Article II, section 2 of the Constitution gives the President power to fill vacancies …
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Congress.gov

The Ego Has Landed: Why Trump Damaged Himself Tonight — Apologies. I have no idea why I indulged myself to write so long to make such a simple point. Long story short: You can't tell people they've been flat wrong about everything for 17 years, without giving the slightest reason …
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Donald Trump Is So Dumb He Doesn't Know WMD WERE Found In Iraq — Ever since last night's debate, Donald Trump has been running about frothing about his prescience in opposing the war in Iraq and claiming that the war was wrong (really? was he even conscious when the UN voted on the subject? …