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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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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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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.
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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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.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option
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Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Rejects Health Law
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Tom Brown / Reuters:
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Health Care Reform Struck Down in Florida District Court
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Florida Judge Voids Entire Health Care Law
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Ariane De Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Unconstitutional: Judge Axes Health Reform Law Over ‘Individual Mandate’
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Michelle Malkin:
Unconstitutional: Florida judge strikes down Obamacare mandate …
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Andrew M. Harris / Bloomberg:
Obama Health-Care Reform Act Ruled Unconstitutional
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David Whelan / Health Dollars:
Florida Judge Rules Against ObamaCare, Calls Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
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N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
Judge strikes down entire new health-care law
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bush Child, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage — The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations. — Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bush daughter Barbara supports gay marriage — Barbara Bush is coming out in support of gay marriage. — The 29-year-old daughter of President George W. Bush announces in a web video posted late Monday that she supports same-sex marriage. “I'm Barbara Bush and I'm a New Yorker for marriage equality,” she says.
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Douglas Hamilton / Reuters:
Israel shocked by Obama's “betrayal” of Mubarak — (Reuters) - If Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is toppled, Israel will lose one of its very few friends in a hostile neighborhood and President Barack Obama will bear a large share of the blame, Israeli pundits said on Monday.
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Michael Downey / World Policy Institute:
An Interview with the Brotherhood
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BBC:
Egypt protests: Army rules out the use of force
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Inside the White House-Egypt experts meeting
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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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Craigjohnsoncnn / This Just In:
Egypt targets communications ahead of Tuesday protests
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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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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 Martin / New York Times:
Government's Dietary Advice: Eat Less — The latest nutrition guidelines released Monday by the federal government reiterate much of the advice from previous years: eat less salt and saturated fats, eat more fruits and vegetables and whole grains. — But there is a startling difference.
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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 now is likely to explore a Republican presidential bid, according to supporters.
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Dean Baker / The Huffington Post:
Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money Is Owed to Working People — This seems to be the lesson that our nation's leaders are trying to pound home to us. According to the New York Times, members of Congress are secretly running around in closets and back alleys working up a law allowing states to declare bankruptcy.
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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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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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy confession: ‘I no longer feel left wing’ — France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has confessed to no “longer feeling left-wing” after three years of marriage to the country's conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy. — The supermodel-turned-singer's reputation as a …
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