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Because it's a presidential election year, should President Obama not nominate a new Supreme Court justice? Rachel Martin and NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson discuss.

Justice Antonin Scalia served on the Supreme Court for decades. Rachel Martin talks with two of his former legal clerks — one from his early years on the Court and one from the middle of his career.

Frustrated aid workers can find laughter and solace in Jaded Aid, which pokes fun at the bureaucratic business of global development.

Admirers and detractors paid their respects at the foot of the Supreme Court steps in Washington. They left flowers and candles and one left a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

The Big Bend area of West Texas is known for its enormous, sparsely populated counties. This can be a problem for county services — whether you're an ordinary citizen or a Supreme Court justice.

NPR's Carrie Johnson and Ron Elving talk to host Michel Martin about the political battle developing over the replacement of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death has thrown the presidential campaign into turmoil. David Greene talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report.

Millions of people take proton pump inhibitors. But the drugs can increase patients' risk of infections, bone fractures and kidney problems. And trying to stop the drugs can make symptoms much worse.

David Greene talks to James Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, about the potential for a lasting cease-fire between the Syrian government and rebels.

In his 29 years on the court, Scalia achieved almost a cult following for his acerbic dissents, which in many ways shaped the ongoing legal debate over how courts should interpret the Constitution.