Argument recap: It is Kennedy's call (FINAL UPDATE 3:14 pm)  —  Analysis  —  If Justice Anthony M. Kennedy can locate a limiting principle in the federal government's defense of the new individual health insurance mandate, or can think of one on his own, the mandate may well survive.

Fox News Commenters Spew Yet Another Deluge of Ugly Racist Hatred at Trayvon Martin  —  Yes, they're at it again.  The denizens of the comment forums on Fox News are spewing almost unbelievable amounts of racist hatred and sick violent fantasies in yet another thread: House Democrats Call …

Mitt Romney Vetoed Human Elevator Bill  —  The former Massachusetts Governor vetoed a bill allocating money to improve elevators to comply with the American Disabilities Act.  —  What Romney's proposed car elevator might look like.  —  Source: dornob.com

Exclusive: Newt Gingrich cuts staff, aims at Tampa  —  Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign's full-time staff, and has replaced his manager as part of what aides are calling a “big-choice convention” strategy, communications director Joe DeSantis told POLITICO.

Elderly Couple In Fear Over Spike Lee Tweet  —  Star erroneously linked Floridians to man who killed Trayvon Martin  —  With Twitter and Facebook continuing to explode with posts purporting to contain the address of George Zimmerman, property records and interviews reveal that the home …

Sen. Rand Paul: When Big Oil Screws Americans At The Gas Pump, ‘You Should Want To Encourage Them’  —  The top five oil companies in the United States have already made $5.8 billion in windfall profits from spiking gasoline prices this year.  Yesterday, Senate Republicans agreed to debate …

The 12 Worst Schools For Free Speech In 2012  —  Free exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of any university, and for the second year in a row my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), presents its list of the worst colleges and universities for freedom of speech.

NMB Students Turn Trayvon March Into Criminal Mischief Investigation  —  NORTH MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) — Thousands of students in South Florida have taken part in school walkouts as a way to protest the lack of an arrest in the Trayvon Martin killing at the hands of a volunteer neighborhood watch campaign.

Obama made the wrong World Bank call  —  Every now and then something crystallises how rapidly the world is changing.  Last week's nomination by President Barack Obama of Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the World Bank presents one such moment.  The story ought to proceed by tradition …

Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses  —  The conservative Republicans who took power in Pennsylvania in 2010 have had a busy year.  Republican state legislators, empowered by new control of the governorship and the state house, proposed one of the most stringent mandatory ultrasound bills in the country.

Solicitor General Coughs, Stumbles, Stutters Through ObamaCare Defense  —  A tough day at the Supreme Court bar.  We edited together all of the painful moments.  —  by  —  Zeke Miller  · added an hour ago  · 11 responses

Using a Light Touch to Attack a Dark Subject  —  Bolstered by a $50 million grant from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City, the Sierra Club is introducing its first major national video campaign to promote its Beyond Coal initiative.  —  The campaign features five videos …