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8:30 AM ET, March 26, 2012

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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court weighs the fate of Obama's landmark healthcare law  —  President Obama's signature domestic achievement — and, with it, a big part of his political legacy — is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.  —  The nine justices on Monday will begin hearing three consecutive days …
Discussion: Politico and americanthinker.com
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Plouffe: GOP will “regret” branding health care “Obamacare”  —  (CBS News) Senior White House adviser David Plouffe said Sunday that the White House is “confident” its health care overhaul will be upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court - and that, ultimately, Republicans are going to regret having branded it “Obamacare.”
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Health Act Arguments Open With Obstacle From 1867  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday starts three days of hearings on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care overhaul law, an epic clash that could recast the very structure of American government.
Discussion: The Caucus and The Stranger …
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Senator Mike Lee urges GOP to back Romney  —  • Conservatives will start flocking to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Sen. Mike Lee predicted Sunday as he offered his endorsement to the man he believes will be the best Republican to take on President Barack Obama.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
GOP race nears tipping point  —  The Republican primary is transitioning from hard-fought campaign to its next stage, a reckoning that Mitt Romney will be the nominee.  —  Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have also moved to their next act: hecklers, rather than competitors …
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
A Top House Leader Backs Romney  —  Mitt Romney's list of endorsements from top elected Republicans will grow on Monday when the No. 3 GOP leader in the House announces his support for the former Massachusetts governor. … Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), the House majority whip …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Asks Medvedev for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense — ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’  —  SEOUL, South Korea — At the tail end of his 90 minute meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Monday, President Obama said that he would have “more flexibility” …
Ker Than / National Geographic:
James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive  —  Solo sub dive is deepest ever.  —  The explorer-filmmaker emerges from his sub after returning from Challenger Deep.  —  Ker Than  —  At noon, local time (10 p.m. ET), James Cameron's “vertical torpedo” …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Spike Lee didn't “Do the right thing”  —  There have been numerous threats made against George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin.  It is unclear whether a crime was committed, and Zimmerman has not been charged.  —  Spike Lee's most famous film was Do the Right Thing, about racial tensions which spill into violence:
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
David Plouffe talks energy, elections; Rep. Paul Ryan defends GOP budget plan  —  Special Guests: David Plouffe, Rep. Paul Ryan … CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.  —  As November draws closer, battle lines are drawn between the two parties — on high gas prices and how Washington spends our money.
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Fox News:
Santorum wins Louisiana, next matchup Wisconsin
Rick Santorum / Associated Press:
After Louisiana Win, Santorum Eyes Wisconsin
Discussion: Dean's World
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Slower jobs growth for women voters could cost Obama in election  —  Women aren't faring as well as other groups in the job market's recovery and that could put a dent into their support for President Obama.  —  While female workers largely held their own through the recession …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lobbyists, Guns and Money  —  Florida's now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, sounds crazy — and it is.  And it's tempting to dismiss this law as the work of ignorant yahoos.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Mary Eberstadt / Wall Street Journal:
Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women? No
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Jezebel and Althouse
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
A Bailout by Another Name
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
At CIA, a convert to Islam leads the terrorism hunt
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
Toulouse gunman Mohammed Merah had links to Islamic extremists in Britain
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Stupid or Lying: Wildly Overpaid Faculty Edition
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Keith Laing / Ballot Box:
Bachmann: GOP will unify behind nominee ‘long before the Democrats did in 2008’
Discussion: Politico
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer presses DOJ to probe ‘stand your ground’ laws
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Festival of Lies  —  THE historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote …
Oliver Pickup / The Independent:
Hippies head for Noah's Ark: Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship
Discussion: Althouse