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9:40 AM ET, February 1, 2011

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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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Sweetness & Light, Reuters, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, Patterico's Pontifications, TPMDC, The Volokh Conspiracy, ProfessorBainbridge.com, The Powers That Be and American Glob

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 …

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.

Discussion: Health Dollars, The Huffington Post, TPMDC, American Spectator, The Daily Caller, Conservatives4Palin, Weasel Zippers, Online NewsHour, Daily Kos, The Atlantic Online, Justice Blog, UNCOVERAGE.net, The Note, Israpundit and The Gateway Pundit

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 …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones and The Right Sphere

Wall Street Journal:
The Constitutional Moment — Judge Vinson introduces ObamaCare to Madison and Marshall.

Discussion: Betsy's Page, The Volokh Conspiracy and Blue Crab Boulevard

Ezra Klein:
GOP judge rules against Affordable Care Act

Discussion: San Francisco Examiner, The New Republic, Weigel, RedState, UrbanGrounds, Mother Jones, AmSpecBlog, Health Dollars, Wonkette, Hullabaloo, neo-neocon and Pajamas Media

John / Power Line:
Florida Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, National Review, Bookworm Room and Left Coast Rebel

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
The Extreme Activism Of Judge Vinson

Discussion: Slate, The Sundries Shack, UNCOVERAGE.net, No More Mister Nice Blog, Right Wing News, AOL News, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Balkinization and Sky Dancing

Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Left unprepared for ObamaCare ruling

Discussion: Hit & Run, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, Top of the Ticket, Patterico's Pontifications, Fox Nation, POWIP and The Blast

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Judge Roger Vinson ‘Borrows Heavily’ …

Discussion: Ezra Klein, Prairie Weather and Wonk Room

Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare

Discussion: Virginia Politics Blog, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Volokh Conspiracy and The New Republic

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Yes, but what will Anthony Kennedy say?

Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Rejects Health Law

Discussion: Doug Ross and Fox News

Richard Cohen / Washington Post:

A democratic Egypt or a state of hate? — Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt …

Discussion: Da Techguy's Blog, Firedoglake and PostPartisan

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Fact Checker, Daniel W. Drezner, Hot Air, Political Punch, Sic Semper Tyrannis, Newshoggers.com, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, US Department of State and Israpundit

John Kerry / New York Times:

Allying Ourselves With the Next Egypt — EVEN if the protests shaking Egypt subside in the coming days, the chaos of the last week has forever changed the relationship between the Egyptian people and their government. The anger and aspirations propelling a diverse range of citizens …

Discussion: American Power, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, POMED, Firedoglake and Democracy in America

Los Angeles Times:

U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government — But the Muslim Brotherhood must renounce violence and support democracy, the White House says. — Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The Agonist

New York Times:
U.S. Scrambles to Size Up ElBaradei

Discussion: Guardian, NewsReal Blog, Mish's Global Economic …, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Nation

Marc Champion / Wall Street Journal:
Coptic Christians Worry About Future Without Mubarak

Discussion: Telegraph, Forex Crunch, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and Hot Air

Wall Street Journal:
Mubarak Offers to Negotiate

Discussion: Hot Air and Political Punch

Michael Downey / World Policy Institute:
An Interview with the Brotherhood

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, American Prospect, Reuters and Little Green Footballs

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 …

al-bab.com:
'Tell Mubarak we don't need his damn Internet'

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Newshoggers.com and Balloon Juice

Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog Feb 1 - Egypt protests

Discussion: EA WorldView, New York Times, Informed Comment, Story Lab, Global Voices in English, The Daily Dish and Aljazeera

Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Al Jazeera English Finds an Audience

Discussion: Firedoglake and Poynter

Guardian:
Million-strong protest urges Mubarak to go

Discussion: The Daily Dish, The Independent, AOL News, L.A. Times Tech Blog and Open Left, more at Techmeme »

BBC:
Egypt protests: Army rules out the use of force

Discussion: Aljazeera and Outside the Beltway

Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S. Official With Egypt Ties to Meet With Mubarak

Discussion: The Page

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.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, AOL News, The Political Carnival, Gawker, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Joe. My. God. and CNN

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bush daughter Barbara supports gay marriage

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:

Denny Rehberg to Announce Senate Bid Saturday — Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) will announce Saturday he is challenging Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). — “It's happening Saturday,” said a knowledgeable Montana GOP political operative. “He's running. There is a lot of support and enthusiasm back home, and Denny knows he can win.”

Discussion: Billings Gazette, Ballot Box, The Fix and Hotline On Call

Associated Press:

Jordan's King Dismisses Cabinet After Protests — AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's Royal Palace says the king has sacked his government in the wake of street protests and has asked an ex-army general to form a new Cabinet. — King Abdullah's move comes after thousands of Jordanians took to the streets …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Daily Dish, Mondoweiss and FrumForum

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, JustOneMinute, The Blaze and SFist

Telegraph:

WikiLeaks: Britain secretly advised Libya how to secure release of Lockerbie bomber — Ministers secretly advised Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime how to secure the successful early release of the Lockerbie bomber, documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and Israel Matzav

Will Stewart In Moscow / Daily Mail:

Terrorists threatened to kill my baby unless I became a Black Widow: Young mother on how she was groomed to be a Russian suicide bomber — A 24 year-old woman who was being groomed as a ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber in Moscow has revealed the barbarity behind the terrorist cell which unleashed …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, theblogprof and Jihad Watch

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.

Discussion: Questions and Observations and Sky Dancing