The Daily 202: Why blocking Obama's pick to replace Scalia could cost Republicans their Senate majority  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  Mitch McConnell has decided to wager the Republican majority in the Senate on blocking Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court.  —  It's a bold and understandable …

The GOP's Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee  —  Tino Cuellar.  California judge.  Mexican-American.  Harvard.  Yale.  Stanford.  How many Latino votes you think the GOP'd get if they block him?  —  Here's a name you need to get to know: Tino Cuellar.  Who is Tino Cuellar?

How America Was Lost  —  Once upon a time, the death of a Supreme Court justice wouldn't have brought America to the edge of constitutional crisis.  But that was a different country, with a very different Republican Party.  In today's America, with today's G.O.P., the passing of Antonin Scalia has opened the doors to chaos.

The battle over replacing Justice Scalia is just the start of a war over the Supreme Court  —  Richard L. Hasen, a professor of law and political science at University of California, Irvine, is the author of Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections.

New video shows MU professor Click allegedly cursing at, confronting officers  —  A video of University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click confronting police officers during the school's homecoming parade has surfaced.  —  In the video, Click is allegedly seen confronting …