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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Federal Judge Rules Health Law Violates Constitution — A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Judge uses Obama's words against him — **FILE** President Obama talks about his health care plan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H.(Associated Press) — In ruling against President Obama's health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama's own position …
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Ezra Klein:
GOP judge rules against Affordable Care Act — Roger Vinson, the second Republican judge to rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, has, as expected, ruled against it. More surprising is that he's decided that the presence of the mandate means the rest of the law must be overturned …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
The Extreme Activism Of Judge Vinson — For most people, an “activist judge” is one whose opinions they don't agree with. But Judge Vinson's ruling today — that the entire health care law must be voided because he found one provision unconstitutional — really meets an indisputable definition of “activist.”
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Ezra Klein:
What happens if conservatives succeed in undermining the ACA? — The legal theory currently in vogue in conservative circles holds that the Constitution's vision of “a central government with limited power” — to use Judge Vinson's phrase — permits the government to establish …
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Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act — Today, a judge in Florida issued a decision in a case filed by 25 Republican Attorneys General and Governors striking down the Affordable Care Act. This ruling is well out of the mainstream of judicial opinion.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Florida Judge Voids Entire Health Care Law — A federal district court judge in Florida ruled today that a key provision in the new health care law is unconstitutional, and that the entire law must be voided. — Roger Vinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed with the 26 state-government plaintiffs …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Yes, but what will Anthony Kennedy say? — As you've heard, a Florida judge has ruled that the individual mandate is unconstitutional, meaning that two GOP-appointed judges have reached that conclusion, versus two Dem-appointed judges who have concluded the opposite.
Michelle Malkin:
Unconstitutional: Florida judge strikes down Obamacare mandate …
Unconstitutional: Florida judge strikes down Obamacare mandate …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Judge rules health law unconstitutional
Judge rules health law unconstitutional
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The Note:
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
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Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Judge Roger Vinson ‘Borrows Heavily’ …
Tom Brown / Reuters:
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Health Care Reform Struck Down in Florida District Court
Health Care Reform Struck Down in Florida District Court
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The Politico:
Barack Obama braces for Jon Huntsman 2012 bid — The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. — GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun laying plans …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Jon Huntsman resigns; may run — Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the U.S. ambassador to China, sent a resignation letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, the White House said. Huntsman and now is likely to explore a Republican presidential bid, according to supporters.
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Politics Daily:
Jon M. Huntsman Jr. resigned as U.S. ambassador to China on Monday …
Jon M. Huntsman Jr. resigned as U.S. ambassador to China on Monday …
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House prepares for life after Mubarak
White House prepares for life after Mubarak
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Huntsman to Step Down, Fueling Speculation About Presidential Bid
Huntsman to Step Down, Fueling Speculation About Presidential Bid
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Latest Huntsman 2012 News
The Latest Huntsman 2012 News
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Forex Crunch:
Muslim Brotherhood Wants War With Israel — Mohamed Ghanem, one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, calls Egypt to stop pumping gas to Israel and prepare the Egyptian army for a war with it's eastern neighbor. — Speaking with Iranian television station Al-Alam …
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New York Times:
Government Offers Talks With Protesters After Army Says It Will Not Fire — CAIRO — The political forces aligned against President Hosni Mubarak appeared to strengthen sharply Monday when the Army said for the first time that it would not fire on the protesters who have convulsed Egypt for a week demanding his resignation.
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Income Inequality In The U.S. Is Worse Than In Egypt — Protests in Egypt continued for a seventh day today, and pro-democracy demonstrators are organizing a “march of millions” to take place tomorrow. As financial markets dip across the Middle East, financial prognosticators are trying …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Poll: Egyptian Public's Views Toward United States Are Much Improved
Poll: Egyptian Public's Views Toward United States Are Much Improved
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Max Blumenthal:
Mike Huckabee speaks “very Zionistically” in Israeli Knesset, condemns Egyptian uprising — Avowed Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee is a natural ally of the Bibi-Barak-Lieberman government — Mike Huckabee was in Jerusalem today on an important junket related to his likely presidential campaign.
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak
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BBC:
‘Shift work’ — The BBC's Jim Muir in Cairo says the military …
‘Shift work’ — The BBC's Jim Muir in Cairo says the military …
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Huckabee and Voight in Israel
Huckabee and Voight in Israel
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Craigjohnsoncnn / This Just In:
Egypt says it's shutting down mobile phone networks — Read full coverage of the unrest in Egypt updated continually by CNN reporters worldwide. Send your photos and video to iReport and see CNN in Arabic here. — [Update 3:11 a.m. Tuesday in Cairo, 8:11 p.m. ET Monday] CNN's Fareed Zakaria …
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BBC:
Key points — Egyptians are holding a seventh day of mass …
Key points — Egyptians are holding a seventh day of mass …
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Inside the White House-Egypt experts meeting
Inside the White House-Egypt experts meeting
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Big Law Firm Takes Down Big Conservative Blogger — I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere. Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog. — Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm …
The Official Google Blog:
Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard — Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service …
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Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia's Contributor List — In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure. — But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Believe GOP Should Consider Tea Party Ideas — Half of Republicans are Tea Party supporters; 5% are “opponents” — PRINCETON, NJ — About 7 in 10 national adults, including 88% of Republicans, say it is important that Republican leaders in Congress take the Tea Party movement's positions …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
No SOTU Bump for Obama, but Approval Remains Higher — Obama averaged 50% for five days before and five days after State of the Union address — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking finds no change in President Obama's job approval rating after his State of the Union address.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
‘Pay China First’ — Republicans' Wild Plan To Avoid U.S. Debt Default — New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to reroute huge amounts of money to China and other creditors in the event that Congress fails to raise its debt ceiling.
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Liberals and the Koch Brothers. — I don't begrudge liberals who want to protest the Koch Foundation, or who feel that it has undue influence on the conduct of politics. But, for my part, I don't see the big deal. Which is to say that this seems like a little much:
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Helen Pow / NEWS.com.au:
Generation Y women losing ‘female’ skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing — OUT OF THE KITCHEN: Young women wielding cooking equipment is an increasingly rare sight. — Gender roles now being forgotten — Life too fast and busy for DIY skills — Generation Y less able than others
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