WELL, THIS UPS THE STAKES: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch. “Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said. Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.”

The Senate Republicans, of course, should not allow the seat to be filled until after the election. Like in 1968. Are today’s Republicans, even in the majority, as brave as the GOP minority of 1968?

UPDATE: True.