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President Barack Obama pauses as he answers questions from members of the media during his meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Obama urged the Republican-run Senate to fulfill its "constitutional responsibility" and consider his Supreme Court nominee, pushing back on GOP leaders who insist there will be no hearing or vote when he names a successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama confident ‘sheepish’ Senate GOP will back down on Supreme Court nomination

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen early Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in Washington. Republican opposition to letting President Barack Obama replace Antonin Scalia quickly sparked a constitutional clash over the president’s right to fill Supreme Court vacancies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EDITORIAL: Stopping an EPA land grab

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to a closed-door GOP policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Senate Republicans, most vocally Senator McConnell, are facing a high-stakes political showdown with President Barack Obama sparked by the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Republicans controlling the Senate &#8212; which must confirm any Obama appointee before the individual is seated on the court &#8212; say that the decision is too important to be determined by a lame-duck president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: No hearings on Obama’s Supreme Court pick

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden visits St. Paul's Union Depot train station Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, to mark the seventh anniversary of the economic stimulus package in St. Paul, Minn. Biden says projects like the restoration of an abandoned train hub in Minnesota helped bring the country back from the recession. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT

DONALD LAMBRO: Democrats make about-face on Supreme Court appointments

By Donald Lambro

The flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court meets for first time since Antonin Scalia’s death

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Republicans have unearthed a speech by Vice President Joseph R. Biden from 1992 in which he said then-President George H.W. Bush's attempt to fill a Supreme Court vacancy should wait until his successor came into office in 1993. The GOP charges that Mr. Biden is now backing President Obama's lame-duck attempt to similarly fill a vacancy before his term ends in January. (Star Tribune via Associated Press)

Joe Biden’s 1992 opposition to lame-duck Supreme Court pick could doom Obama nomination

By Stephen Dinan and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Widow Maureen McCarthy Scalia, walks behind the casket as it is ushered out of the Bascilica following the funeral mass for the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice, mourned by official Washington at funeral

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 10, 2016, file photo. Grassley has a major say on whether President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court even gets a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

All eyes on Iowa’s Chuck Grassley for Supreme Court nominee’s fate

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

President Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 17, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama calls top senators on Supreme Court vacancy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 6, 1986 photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Anthony Scalia attends a Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings in Washington. On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Scalia has died at the age of 79. (AP Photo/Lana Harris/File)

NEWT GINGRICH: The wisdom of Antonin Scalia

By Newt Gingrich and Vince Haley

Illustration on the EPA's planned overreach on national watershed lands by LInas Garsys/The Washington Times

JOHN BLOCK: A scheme to say how land is used

By John Block

Associated Press

Oddsmaker puts Sri Srinivasan at top of list to fill Antonin Scalia vacancy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, following a closed-door policy meeting about legislation to hit North Korea with more stringent sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang's recent satellite launch. While North Korea's economic isolation and the international financial system make it tricky to identify sanction targets and prove violations, the new U.S. legislation could hit companies in China that deal with the North, including those that buy its main exports, coal and minerals.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judicial Crisis Network ads thank vulnerable GOP senators on SCOTUS pick

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Judicial Crisis Network announced a seven-figure advertising campaign defending Republican senators up for re-election this year vowing to block an Obama Supreme Court nominee, including Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

Conservatives defend vulnerable senators vowing to block Obama Supreme Court nominee

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Inside the Beltway Weekly Feb. 22, 2016

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia leaves an intellectual conservative void on the Supreme Court, one that Republicans are in no hurry for the president to fill. His death Saturday created a political crisis in a pivotal election year. (Associated Press)

JENNY BETH MARTIN: Scalia’s death makes Cruz the best GOP pick for president

By Jenny Beth Martin

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP, fight extremist replacement

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Judiciary Chairman Joseph Biden (left) speaks with Sen. Edward Kennedy during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork on Sept. 16, 1987. (Associated Press)

Democrats ushered in partisan Supreme Court confirmation process, Republicans note

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Samuel Alito is seen during the group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ** FILE **

White House says Obama ‘regrets’ filibuster against Samuel Alito nomination in 2006

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times