Sanders Surging in Polls; Sotomayor Issues Scathing Dissent of the Court.
BERMAN: Senator Bernie Sanders, he won big in Nevada. Really big. And now, with South Carolina on Saturday and Super Tuesday next Tuesday, this could all potentially be wrapped up very quickly. Then what? Harry Enten here with "The Forecast." Sir, Bernie Sanders doing well. How well?</s>HARRY ENTEN, CNN POLITICS SENIOR WRITER AND ANALYST: He's doing very, very well. So, I mean, just like this is my delegate odds chance of winning the most delegates, I'll not that's a plurality, not a majority. But, folks, this is really, really real. Sanders with a seven in 10 shot now, according to my projections, of winning the most amount of delegates. Going into Milwaukee with the most amount of delegates. Biden, Bloomberg, back at one in 10. Warren 0.5 in 10. Buttigieg, really, at this point, not necessarily doing so well. And I'm just going to give you an indication of why, you know, Bernie -- why I think Bernie has the best shot of winning this nomination by far. Look at the national polling average right now. Look at this. Bernie way up, double digit lead. And this is likely to get larger after the Nevada results. We've seen bumps for him in the past. And then look at South Carolina, right? This is supposed to be Joe Biden's firewall. And Bernie is right behind him here. And let me tell you this, if Joe Biden doesn't win in South Carolina, I'm not sure exactly where he can win. And that would probably be the ultimate knockout punch.</s>CAMEROTA: But what if he does win in South Carolina? That's where things get even more complicated, right?</s>ENTEN: I mean things will definitely get much more complicated. And, remember, just three days -- three days after South Carolina, 34 percent of the delegates are awarded on Super Tuesday. So if you're going to be able to stop Bernie Sanders, you got to stop him in South Carolina because the truth is, given the national polling numbers, given how much Super Tuesday looks like the nation in terms of the demographics of the states that are voting, the large delegate prize is in Texas and California. If you can't slow his momentum in South Carolina, the truth is, he's going to run all over the field on Super Tuesday.</s>BERMAN: All right. So you have some Democrats in a near panic this morning over Bernie Sanders winning the nomination because they say he can't beat Donald Trump. This is what you are hearing. I'm not saying this. This is what some Democrats are saying.</s>ENTEN: Right.</s>BERMAN: So what are his chances against Donald Trump?</s>ENTEN: You know, I think a thing that is -- you know, we had these swing state polls. Remember last week, Quinnipiac University, 2020, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, these are three states that voted for Barack Obama in 2012, flipped over in 2016 to vote for Donald Trump. Michigan, Sanders ahead close. Pennsylvania, Sanders ahead close. Trump in this poll was up in Wisconsin by seven points. Other polls</s>CAMEROTA: That is fascinating because, I mean, we're just talking about a contested convention at the point, but you're saying that even beyond that things can be complicated.</s>ENTEN: Things could be really, really complicated. And let me just tell you, if we end up with a 269-269 tie, my goodness gracious, my blood starts rushing. Look, the president then is chosen by the U.S. House. You need a majority of state U.S. House delegations. It's not just the majority of the members. It's the majority of the U.S. House delegations. And right now the GOP currently controls 26 of the 50 delegations. Of course it's possible that they may fall just short of a majority because three of these 26 are only by a seat and they might flip in 2020, Alaska, Florida, and Montana. And if no president is chosen by the U.S. House, if they can't agree on someone, then the vice president's selected by a majority of the Senate, becomes the acting president.</s>CAMEROTA: Oh, my gosh. You've just given me a three-month migraine. Thank you.</s>ENTEN: So a contested convention, Electoral College ties, this year, it is all on the board.</s>BERMAN: I will tell you, most Democrats think if it goes to the House, the Republicans will control more delegations.</s>ENTEN: Probably. Yes.</s>BERMAN: So Republicans end up with the presidency.</s>ENTEN: As they are right now.</s>BERMAN: Yes. Harry, thank you.</s>ENTEN: Thank you.</s>CAMEROTA: Thanks a lot, Harry, for all of that. Meanwhile, listen to this. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issuing a blistering dissent against her conservative colleagues on the court for being too eager to side with the Trump administration. CNN's Supreme Court reporter, Ariane de Vogue, live in Washington with more. What did she say, Ariane?</s>ARIANE DE VOGUE, CNN SUPREME COURT REPORTER: This was a strong dissent from the liberal justice. She called out the government for coming too often to the Supreme Court with these emergency requests to allow these policies to go into effect. But then she also called out her own conservative colleagues for too often granting these requests. Basically she said her colleagues were lowering the bar too much in these instances for the government. She wrote, it's hard to say what is more troubling that the government would seek this extraordinary relief, seemingly as a matter of course, or that the court would grant it. And, of course, this comes after a 5-4 ruling that made it tougher for immigrants who are seeking legal status to do so if they rely on public benefits. Sotomayor said one other thing --