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Argument recap: Moving on to the mandate — When Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., commented at the end of Monday's first day of hearings on the health care law, “We'll continue argument on this case tomorrow,” it seemed to have a secondary meaning even if he did not intend it.
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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.
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First glimpses of Supreme Court's thinking on health law — As protesters chanted outside, the Supreme Court opened three days of hearings Monday on a landmark health care law with questions about whether the case is even ready to be decided. — Justices on both ends of the ideological …
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Wonkbook: Absolutely everything you need to know about health reform's Supreme Court debut — Today's the day. The Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments as to the constitutionality of various provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Note that phrase: “Various provisions.”


How Obamacare Will Be Settled: A Primer on the Commerce Clause — As the Supreme Court hears arguments about the individual mandate, a complete look at the history of similar constitutional decisions. — Amid rampant speculation over the fate of Obamacare in the Supreme Court …
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SCOTUS skeptical of idea that mandate is a tax — On the first day of oral arguments in the case challenging President Obama's national health care law, justices seemed skeptical that the individual mandate should be considered a tax — one of the main consitutional defenses being offered for the law.
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Recap: Obama Health Law at the Supreme Court
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Today's Threshold Issue
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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” …
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Obama asks Russia for ‘space’ through election
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Obama tells Russia he'll have ‘more flexibility’ after election
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Police: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him with one blow then began hammering his head — With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who eventually shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head …
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Trayvon Martin Killing Lead Prosecutor Says George Zimmerman Could Walk — The nationwide clamor for an arrest notwithstanding, the lead prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case tells ABC News that convicting his killer, the neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, could prove difficult.
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Witness Says He Saw Trayvon Attack Zimmerman (Video) — Scroll down to watch viideo report: … *Here's an interesting turn of events in the Trayvon Martin case. — A new witness to the shooting has come forward and claims the 17-year-old did in fact attack George Zimmerman …
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Gov. Rick Scott: Give George Zimmerman ‘due process’
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NYT reporter: Santorum outburst was for cameras — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) — When presidential hopeful Rick Santorum lost his cool with the press on Sunday, he was playing to the cameras to build support among conservative Republicans, the New York Times reporter who was on the other end …
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Santorum Ignores Party Pressure to Quit Race
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Time for conservatives to unite behind Governor Mitt Romney
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Rick Santorum defends ‘bulls—’ comment
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The Sad End of the Gingrich Campaign
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Santorum ‘ready to take on the NY Times’
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Obama's health law proving successful — Just in time for the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the law's constitutionality this week. — This is a political column.
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Poll: 47% disapprove of Obama health care law
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PRESS ADVISORY: ‘Republicans For Mandating Coverage’ Calls On The Supreme Court To Uphold Health Reform
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Poll: 47% Disapprove of Health Care Law
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In His Best/Worst Video Yet, Herman Cain Shoots A Bunny — The bunny apparently represents small business. UPDATE: Video removed from YouTube for spam, scams, and deceptive content. — Source: youtube.com — UPDATE: The video has been removed from YouTube: — We are reaching out to both sides for comment.
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Rabbit ‘shot’ in strange new Herman Cain video
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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.


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” …
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