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5:45 PM ET, February 14, 2016

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CNN:
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.
Discussion: Slantpoint, Althouse and Political Wire
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Elizabeth Price Foley / Instapundit:
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 …
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
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.
Discussion: Above the Law, Slantpoint and Politico
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Justice Scalia Died of Heart Attack, No Autopsy Planned, Breitbart Freaking Out  —  WFAA TV in Dallas reports that Justice Antonin Scalia's death was due to a heart attack; there are still conflicting reports about whether an autopsy will be performed, but the Washington Post says Scalia's family declined an autopsy.
Discussion: Breitbart and Hullabaloo
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
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.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
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 …
Jason Whitely / USA Today:
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.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
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.
Linda Hirshman / Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: AOL, Mashable and The Agonist
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
Scalia's death to be ruled a heart attack
Lana Straub / Washington Post:
The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports
Discussion: Politico, Vox and The Hill
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
FLASHBACK: In 2007, Schumer Called For Blocking All Bush Supreme Court Nominations
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Conservatives Quickly Refuse Any Obama Court Replacement After Antonin Scalia's Death
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Simply Breathtaking Consequences Of Justice Scalia's Death
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year
Discussion: Slantpoint and Politico
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Judiciary chair: ‘Standard practice’ to not confirm SCOTUS nominee in election year
New York Times:
Justice Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court Legacy
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
McConnell throws down the gauntlet: No Scalia replacement under Obama
CBS News:
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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Jimmy Lasalvia / Salon:
Trump and Drudge for the win, again: Matt Drudge's army is bigger than the RNC's  —  Yes, Trump got booed by GOP loyalists at the debate.  But the reaction that matters, again, was afterwards on Drudge  —  Well, that was brutal.  Wasn't it?  The Republican presidential debate in South Carolina …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
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.
Discussion: Marco Rubio
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
The ‘You Lie’ Debate: Republicans Running Out of Time to Stop Trump in South Carolina
Discussion: TIME
Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Transcript: The Donald Trump - Jeb Bush - Marco Rubio Showdown
Discussion: Gothamist
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump finally went too far for Republicans
Discussion: Washington Post
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Online poll: Trump up by 22 points in SC
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:   Exclusive — Donald Trump, Ted Cruz Campaigns Bash RNC for Stacking Audience with Pro-Amnesty Donor Class
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
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 …
Streiff / RedState:
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? …
 
 
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