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The Huffington Post:
Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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THE ORIGINALIST — Last October marked the 24th anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Well known for his sharp wit as well as his originalist approach to the Constitution, Justice Scalia consistently asks more questions during oral arguments and makes …
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
14 states may target birthright citizenship
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Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Consider William Daley for Top White House Post — President Barack Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former U.S. Commerce secretary, to a high-level White House post, possibly as his chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said.
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Obama Talks With William Daley About a Job — President Obama has approached William Daley, the brother of Chicago's mayor and a former commerce secretary, about the possibility of becoming White House chief of staff as one part of a reorganization plan in the West Wing …
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The Politico:
William Daley in running for top White House job
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great news: New Obama chief of staff might be ... William Daley
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Lynn Sweet / Politics Daily:
William Daley at Top of Obama List for White House Chief of Staff
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Republicans set Jan. 12 vote on repeal of health-care law — House Republicans have set Jan. 12 as their day to vote on a repeal of President Obama's health-care law, after a midterm election in which they campaigned against the landmark legislation as a government takeover of the health industry.
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Terry / CNSNews:
Republican Congressman: Ban Funding of Obamacare in Every …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems playing rough on health reform?
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Gil Ronen / Arutz Sheva:
Vulture in Saudi Custody Suspected as Mossad Agent — Follow Israel news on and . — Saudi Arabian security forces have captured a vulture that was carrying a global positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter and a ring etched with the words “Tel Aviv University.”
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Strict Obstructionist — Mitch McConnell is a master manipulator and strategist— the unheralded architect of the Republican resurgence. Now that his relentless tactics have made his party victorious, he is poised to take down the president and win the Senate majority he covets …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama May Bypass Guantánamo Rules, Aides Say — WASHINGTON — President Obama's legal advisers, confronting the prospect of new restrictions on the transfer of Guantánamo detainees, are debating whether to recommend that he issue a signing statement asserting that his executive powers …
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Dafna Linzer / ProPublica:
Administration Prepares to Defy Efforts to Limit Obama's Options for Guantanamo
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Gideon Rachman / Foreign Policy:
Think Again: American Decline — This time it's for real. — “We've Heard All This About American Decline Before.” — This time it's different. — It's certainly true that America has been through cycles of declinism in the past. Campaigning for the presidency in 1960 …
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Darren Goode / The Politico:
Issa to business: Tell me what to fix — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wants the oil industry, drug manufacturers and other trade groups and companies to tell him which Obama administration regulations to target this year. — The incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Incoming House GOP chairmen have a long list of issues to investigate
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Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:
There's One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing To Talk About — You know the story and you know the names: states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and California are supposed to be in huge financial trouble thanks to bloated governments, business-unfriendly regulations, and strong public sector unions.
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Steve Everley / American Solutions:
Top Five Things Obama Has Done to Raise Gasoline Prices — With gasoline currently above $3 per gallon nationwide and economists expecting that price to rise even further in 2011, America should be getting serious about producing more of its own resources. But instead of focusing on how to bring …
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Questions and Observations, Wizbang, The Foundry, Michelle Malkin and The Volokh Conspiracy
Philip Caulfield / NY Daily News:
Chilling photo captures Philippines politician's killer moments before he is shot dead — A politician in the Philippines who was shot dead while taking a photograph of his family on New Year's Day captured his killer on camera just seconds before the assassin fired the fatal shots.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bill Daley talks West Wing with Rahm - Sperling expected to get Summers' job this week or next - House GOP to vote cuts on Day 2 - Michael Allen to House intel - Embler promoted - Emily Bittner to Man — Good Tuesday morning. CHARLES PETERS, in the new Washington Monthly …
Oregonian:
Are recent snows from global warming? — By David Appell — Can we talk about global warming? — Scientists already know that man is behind it. They have known it for decades. 'Nough said. — But that hardly means that every little bit of weather can be blamed on it.Sometimes, it is just cold.
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Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run:
Women or Wine? Monogamy and Alcohol — The headline is the title of an intriguing new working paper [PDF] by two University of Leuven economists Mara Squicciarini and Jo Swinnen. The two note an interesting correlation between societies that practice monogamy and those that drink alcohol.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Nine incoming House Democrats assume place in pecking order: the end — They call themselves “the Mighty Nine.” — Which is half true - there are, in fact, nine of them. — But “mighty” is definitely the wrong word for the nine lonely Democrats who will be sworn in as House members on Wednesday.
Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Obama urges House, Senate GOP leaders to put politics aside — President Obama, returning to Washington from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, urged House and Senate GOP leaders to put partisan politics aside in the name of working to boost the economy. — The president said onboard Air Force …
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Mark Knoller / CBS News:
National Debt Tops $14 Trillion — The latest posting today of the National Debt shows it has topped $14 trillion for the first time. — The U.S. Treasury website today reported that as of last Friday, the last day of 2010, the National Debt stood at $14,025,215,218,708.52.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin re-tweet raises questions — (CNN) - Normally, it's what Sarah Palin tweets that makes news. This time it's what she has re-tweeted. — The former Alaska governor Monday relayed a comment from gay conservative pundit Tammy Bruce, who was expressing her criticism …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama and Air Force One: It's good to have a 747 — President Obama will spend Monday night flying across the Pacific and United States after his latest vacation, 11 days in Hawaii. It will be his first trip of 2011 aboard Air Force One. — Last year Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.
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