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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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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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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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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.”


Recap: Obama Health Law at the Supreme Court
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Today's Threshold Issue
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Crooks and Liars, The Reality-Based Community and Jay Bookman

Supreme Court begins debating sweeping health care law
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msnbc.com, Joe. My. God. and SCOTUSblog

Pick an ending: 6 ways the Supreme Court might rule
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Hoover Institution, Wake up America, The Moderate Voice, CNN and SCOTUSblog

PRESS ADVISORY: ‘Republicans For Mandating Coverage’ Calls On The Supreme Court To Uphold Health Reform
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Plouffe: GOP will “regret” branding health care “Obamacare”
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Bloomberg, The New Republic, Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's … and Taylor Marsh

Hill Poll: Voters expect justices' personal views to decide health case
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American Prospect, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times and Hot Air

Supreme Court weighs the fate of Obama's landmark healthcare law
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Politico, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and americanthinker.com

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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Time for conservatives to unite behind Governor Mitt Romney — We don't need a fight on the Convention floor in Tampa to justify the strength of the conservative movement. One needs to look no further than the 2010 repossession of the House of Representatives, our big gains in the Senate …
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Washington Wire, BuzzFeed and American Spectator

Rick Santorum defends ‘bulls—’ comment
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CNN, Daily Kos and iOwnTheWorld.com

Time for conservatives to unite behind Governor Mitt Romney
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Ballot Box and Los Angeles Times

Rick Finally Wins Catholics; Farewells to Newt Begin
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Mediaite and Washington Post

Santorum ‘ready to take on the NY Times’
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The Huffington Post, GOP 12, The Moderate Voice and National Review, more at Mediagazer »

Santorum Ignores Party Pressure to Quit Race
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CBS News, TheBlaze.com, CNN, The Caucus and Shakesville

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 — SEOUL - President Barack Obama offered a private request Monday to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for some “space” on missile defense ahead of November's elections. — “On all these issues, particularly on missile defense, this …
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Recent Developments in the Labor Market — My remarks today will focus on recent and prospective developments in the labor market. We have seen some positive signs on the jobs front recently, including a pickup in monthly payroll gains and a notable decline in the unemployment rate. That is good news.
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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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James Cameron hits the world's floor — and returns
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Gov. Rick Scott: Give George Zimmerman ‘due process’ — Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday that while his “heart goes out” to the family of Trayvon Martin, the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed the unarmed teenager last month deserves a “true due process.”
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Cain video shows rabbit catapulted, shot — Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain released an edgy video Monday that appears to show a rabbit getting shot. — The video uses computer-generated effects to show a rabbit being catapulted into the air and then shot by a man with a rifle …
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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.
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Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, Questions and Observations, The Mahablog, Daily Kos and Paul Krugman


Can Matt Rhoades Go Big? — Give Romney's campaign manager credit: His careful defense and kitchen-sink offense have delivered the Republican nomination to a moderate from Massachusetts. Now Romney and his “Terminator” need the vision thing. — BOSTON, Mass. — The day after Super Tuesday …
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Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller and GOP 12

Dogs and Cats Living Together — It often happens that when campaign negativity reaches a fever pitch, a candidate will take a small step back from the vitriol and say something like, “My opponent is a nice guy—he's just wrong about everything.” What they almost never do, however, is say …
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Mother Jones

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Robo-call users didn't fair well with voters — INDIANAPOLIS - In his effort to end illegal political “robo-calls,” Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller tried an informal truce with the chairs of both of the state parties. — But a handful of candidates …
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Anoka-Hennepin School District Rebuffs Conservative Group's Requests — PAL recommends various books condemning comprehensive sex education. — The Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota is in the process of overhauling its bullying policies after a Department of Justice investigation found …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune