“Obama’s Supreme Court short list: The president has a chance to make a big statement with his pick to replace Scalia.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Obama’s Supreme Court Shortlist: It would be ridiculous for Republicans to oppose these perfectly qualified candidates.”

“Advice to Obama: Make a Boring Supreme Court Pick.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Justice Antonin Scalia dies near Marfa”: Aaron Martinez, Luis Carlos Lopez, and Ramon Renteria of The El Paso Times have this report.

“The Fight Over Scalia’s Replacement Will Make The Supreme Court Bigger Than Ever; Justice Antonin Scalia’s death will elevate the role of the Supreme Court in an unprecedented way; That likely would both alarm — and please — the conservative firebrand”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Why the Court Will Lean Left Even Without a Scalia Replacement”: Law professor Richard Primus has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Is a recess appointment to the Court an option?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan’s Final Year; So did every single Republican senator”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford is the most likely nominee to replace Antonin Scalia”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“How Scalia Changed the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.