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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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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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David Whelan / Health Dollars:
Florida Judge Rules Against ObamaCare, Calls Individual Mandate Unconstitutional — Justice Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court in Pensacola ruled today that the primary mechanism used by the health reform legislation to achieve universal insurance coverage-the individual mandate-is illegal.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Michelle Malkin, The Foundry, Weasel Zippers and Reaganite Republican
Andrew M. Harris / Bloomberg:
Obama Health-Care Reform Act Ruled Unconstitutional — President Barack Obama's health care law, assailed as an abuse of federal power in a 26-state lawsuit, was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. judge who said Congress overstepped its authority to regulate commerce.
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Sky Dancing, Wake up America and FrumForum
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Judge rules health law unconstitutional — A federal judge on Monday ruled that the entire health care overhaul is unconstitutional, but he stopped short of ordering the federal government to stop implementing it. — Judge Roger Vinson ruled that Congress overstepped its legal bounds …
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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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The Note:
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform …
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Ben Smith's Blog
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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Washington Monthly, Ezra Klein, POWIP, Patterico's Pontifications and Pirate's Cove
Tom Brown / Reuters:
US judge may escalate battle over healthcare reform
US judge may escalate battle over healthcare reform
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak — Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is in the West's interest to maintain the stability of the Egyptian regime. — Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their criticism …
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Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Mubarak ‘will have to leave,’ says Carter — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will likely be forced to step down because “the people have decided,” according to a news report. — “This is the most profound situation in the Middle East since I left office …
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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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Tom Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Pawlenty: Prospect of fundamentalist Islamic regime in Egypt “great concern.”
Pawlenty: Prospect of fundamentalist Islamic regime in Egypt “great concern.”
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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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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Former officials, scholars warned of coming instability in Egypt
Former officials, scholars warned of coming instability in Egypt
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New York Post:
It's never been about Palestine
It's never been about Palestine
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Max Blumenthal:
Mike Huckabee speaks “very Zionistically” …
Mike Huckabee speaks “very Zionistically” …
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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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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Latest Huntsman 2012 News — I feel compelled to step in and briefly say something about this. Previously here and here. — Various sources — notably Jake Tapper here, and Politico here — are reporting that “White House officials” expect Jon Huntsman (right, with one of his daughters) …
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Axelrod needles Romney on health care
Axelrod needles Romney on health care
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Daley Debuts as White House Spokesman, to Poor Results
Daley Debuts as White House Spokesman, to Poor Results
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gibbs: White House has no knowledge of Huntsman's future plans
Gibbs: White House has no knowledge of Huntsman's future plans
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TPMDC
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
WH Expects Huntsman to Resign, Explore 2012 Bid
WH Expects Huntsman to Resign, Explore 2012 Bid
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Ezra Klein, TPMDC, Politics Daily, The Daily Caller, Oliver Willis, GOP 12 and The Atlantic Online
BBC:
Key points — Egyptians are holding a seventh day of mass demonstrations calling for President Mubarak to step down. — Military helicopters continue to circle over Cairo's central Tahrir Square where crowds of people defied an overnight curfew. — Police in Egypt are returning …
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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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Aljazeera:
‘Mega protest’ planned in Egypt
‘Mega protest’ planned in Egypt
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Kathleen Hunter / Roll Call:
Democrats Force Votes With Eye on Campaigns — House Democrats have launched a floor strategy aimed at forcing freshman Republicans to take tough votes on politically sensitive topics, mirroring a tactic that the GOP deployed when it was in the minority. — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
DCCC picks 19 early GOP House targets
DCCC picks 19 early GOP House targets
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George Altman / Breaking News from the Press-Register:
House Ethics Committee Chairman Jo Bonner says political realities …
House Ethics Committee Chairman Jo Bonner says political realities …
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The uncivil left — Showing no concern for the new civility push that followed the Arizona massacre, a group of leftist activists from groups including Code Pink, Common Cause and jewel of liberal think tanks, the Center for American Progress, turned into a loud mob complete with Nazi imagery outside …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion
The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion
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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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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Fear the Muslim Brotherhood
Fear the Muslim Brotherhood
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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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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 …
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The Other McCain, Riehl World View and protein wisdom
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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Fox News, Examiner, RedState, Daily Kos and The Impolitic
Nick Baumann / ABCNEWS:
House Republicans Plan to Redefine Rape — Drugged, Raped, and Pregnant? Too bad — Republicans are Pushing to Limit Rape and Incest Cases Eligible for Government Abortion Funding — Rape is only really rape if it involves force, according to the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
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