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5:50 PM ET, March 19, 2016

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Donald Trump protesters block traffic in Fountain Hills, Arizona (VIDEO)  —  FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ - Protesters blocked a main highway leading into Fountain Hills where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump held a campaign rally Saturday.  —  Watch video from the protest in the player above.
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Phil Benson / Tucson News Now:
Trump protesters block streets in Fountain Hills  —  Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump's campaign stop Saturday morning.  —  The protesters parked their cars in the middle of the road, unfurling banners reading “Dump Trump” and …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Sheriff Arpaio to police Trump's Arizona rally  —  Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County is relishing the opportunity to host Donald Trump at a rally on his own turf Saturday — and serve as the muscle at the same time.  —  After taking a few days off from his long streak of attention-grabbing rallies …
Artonorato / CBS New York:
Hundreds Rally At Anti-Trump Protest In Manhattan  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in front of one of Donald Trump's signature Manhattan buildings Saturday to protest the GOP front-runner.  —  The protesters waved signs and played drums.
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Protesters block road outside Trump Arizona event, march in NYC
Arizona Republic:
Thousands await Trump as protesters block route to rally
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jessie Hellman / The Hill:
Arpaio excited to provide security for Trump rally
Glenn Beck / Facebook:
An open letter to Donald Trump.  —  Donald,  —  I read your string of really sad and sick tweets against Megyn Kelly.  First let me say this:  —  Leave Megyn Kelly ALONE.  —  She is brilliant, honest and brave.  —  I can only imagine the amount of security this mother of three now needs …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Fox News hits Donald Trump for ‘sexist verbal assaults’ on Megyn Kelly
Cynthia Littleton / Philly.com:
Fox News worries about Megyn Kelly's safety after Donald Trump attacks
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Do Republicans really think Donald Trump will make a good Supreme Court choice?  —  The Republican Party's incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle.  The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal …
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CBS News:
John Kasich: I'd consider nominating Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
Ian Millhiser / New York Times:   What Do You Need to Do to Be a Supreme Court Justice?
Seth Barrett Tillman / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
Does the President Have A Duty To Nominate Supreme Court Candidates?  Does the Senate Have A Duty To Consider Nominees?
Discussion: The Originalism Blog
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Will Trump Be Dumped?  —  WASHINGTON — MOST people would be upset to be at the center of an agitated national debate about whether they were more like Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, George Wallace or a Marvel villain.  —  Not Donald Trump.  —  He doesn't like invidious comparisons but he's cool with being called an authoritarian.
Discussion: Mediaite and Althouse
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
David Brooks Should Sit the Next Few Plays Out  —  Take a breather, my guy.  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, was worried.  Master couldn't get off the floor.  He had laid down on a small throw-rug in the club room …
New York Times:
Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump  —  Republican leaders adamantly opposed to Donald J. Trump's candidacy are preparing a 100-day campaign to deny him the presidential nomination, starting with an aggressive battle in Wisconsin's April 5 primary and extending into the summer …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Inside Cruz's bid to conquer Rubioworld
Discussion: New York Post and Associated Press
Ben Widdicombe / New York Times:
What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?  —  Joel Pavelski, 27, isn't the first person who has lied to his boss to scam some time off work.  —  But inventing a friend's funeral, when in fact he was building a treehouse — then blogging and tweeting about it to be sure everyone at the office noticed?
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Head of Jeb's Super PAC Is Tired of the Endless Conservative Con  —  Mike Murphy is a longtime Jeb Bush friend and loyalist, and he's also the guy who ran Right to Rise, the Super PAC that blew through $100 million in an epically futile effort to sell Bush to the masses.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump fights summer trial in Trump University lawsuit  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is fighting efforts to hold a trial in a federal class-action lawsuit over his Trump University real-estate program either just before or after the Republican National Convention in July.
Discussion: RedState and Wall Street Journal
New York Post:
Students freak out after teacher shows video of ISIS beheading  —  The city unsuccessfully tried to fire Bronx middle-school teacher Alexiss Nazario (left) after she scared students with a video of an ISIS execution (like this one of journalist James Foley).  Photo: Tomas E. Gaston (2)
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
The chaos scenario for Democrats  —  It's the scenario that Republicans dream of and Democrats believe is all but impossible: Hillary Clinton  —  being forced to drop out of the presidential race due to criminal charges over her email server.  —  Any bombshell findings in the FBI's investigation …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
State of the 2016 race  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Donald Trump made an aggressive overture to the Mormon community here in Utah Friday evening, praising members of the church while also off-handedly mocking the authenticity of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's faith.
Adam Davidson / New York Times:
What Donald Trump Doesn't Understand About ‘the Deal’  —  Donald Trump loves the word “deal.”  The book he released with a co-writer in 1987 to summarize his views of the world was called, of course, “The Art of the Deal.”  His view of trade with China is summarized in this quotation …
 
 
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