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11:30 AM ET, February 15, 2016

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John MacCormack / MySanAntonio.com:
Cibolo Creek Ranch owner recalls Scalia's last hours in Texas  —  MARFA — A first-time guest to the Cibolo Creek Creek Ranch, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was animated and engaged during dinner Friday night, as one of three dozen invitees to an event that had nothing to do with law or politics …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
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?
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Feministing
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Debate rips open GOP wounds, and party risks tearing itself apart  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — In an election that Republicans have long seen as a chance to put forward new stars with a fresh and broadly appealing conservative vision, the GOP is instead at risk of tearing itself apart over its past …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Political Wire
Richard L. Hasen / Washington Post:
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.
Richard L. Hasen / Politico:
How Scalia's Death Could Shake Up Campaign Finance  —  Campaign finance reform has been a hot topic on the 2016 campaign trail, more than in any campaign I can remember.  It seems like every answer Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders gives begins with a nod to the “corrupt campaign finance system.”
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How America Was Lost  —  Once upon a time, the death …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ayotte opposes Supreme Court nomination as Dems pounce
Discussion: Vox, Washington Monthly and RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump forces GOP to take uncomfortable look at Iraq War
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: I always kind of liked Scalia
Discussion: Cato Institute and EconLog
Washington Post:
The death of Antonin Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford is the most likely nominee to replace Antonin Scalia (superseded)
CNN:
David Axelrod: A surprising request from Justice Scalia
Discussion: Slantpoint and Althouse
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton confronts Nevada blowback  —  With five days to go until the Nevada caucuses — once viewed as Hillary Clinton's Western firewall — Sen. Harry Reid and his allies are incensed at the wounded Democratic frontrunner.  —  The reason: The Clinton campaign's attempt to downgrade expectations …
Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal
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The Hill:   Clinton has superdelegate edge in Nevada and South Carolina
Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Foreclosure crisis snarls Clinton, Sanders' efforts to reach Nevada voters
Discussion: Instapundit
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Ted Cruz Preaches at South Carolina Church: “There Is a Spirit of Awakening, A Spirit of Revival... Sweeping This Country”  —  Ted Cruz preached at the Community Bible Church in Beaufort, South Carolina on Sunday. … Senator Cruz spoke for an hour from the pulpit.  —  News Channel 6 reported on the senator's visit.
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
The ‘You Lie’ Debate: Republicans Running Out of Time to Stop Trump in South Carolina
Jimmy Lasalvia / Salon:
Trump and Drudge for the win, again: Matt Drudge's army is bigger than the RNC's
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
RNC Under Fire Over Debate Audience Stacking-Local GOP Chairman Confirms Party Donors Get Debate Tickets
Alfred Ng / New York Daily News:
Upstate New York mountain reaches minus 114 wind chill at its summit  —  While New York City had its coldest start to Valentine's Day in 100 years on Sunday, it would seem balmy compared with the wicked wind chill at upstate Whiteface Mountain.  —  As temperatures dropped across the Northeast …
Discussion: AOL
Dan Greenwald / KMOV-TV:
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 …
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Mark Zuckerberg is flanked by 16 bodyguards — at home  —  More On:  —  One booming business in Silicon Valley is security — but not the digital kind.  —  Insiders tell Page Six that the young tech billionaires are forced to hire armies of guards after threats from unstable users.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders supporters revolt against superdelegates  —  Bernie Sanders lost by a hair in Iowa and won by a landslide in New Hampshire.  Yet Hillary Clinton has amassed an enormous 350-delegate advantage over the Vermont senator after just two states.  —  Outraged by that disconnect …
Discussion: Power Line, Common Dreams and Salon
New York Post:
Eliot Spitzer investigated over alleged choking incident  —  The NYPD is investigating allegations that disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer choked a woman during an encounter inside a room at the swanky Plaza Hotel, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Sunday.
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
ANTI-MIGRANT FORCE BUILDS IN EUROPE, HURTING MERKEL'S QUEST  —  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — So where should the next impenetrable razor-wire border fence in Europe be built?  —  Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban thinks he knows the best place - on Macedonia's and Bulgaria's borders with Greece …
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
The Digital Dirt  —  In the early-morning hours of February 15, 2014, Ray Rice and his fiancée, Janay Palmer, stepped into an elevator at the Revel hotel and casino, in Atlantic City.  Palmer and Rice, a running back for the Baltimore Ravens, were arguing as the doors slid shut.
 
 
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