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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.
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Toobin: Health law 'looks like it's going to be struck down' — CNN's legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin reports that the court's conservative wing appeared skeptical of the Obama administration's arguments in favor of the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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Justices Split in Questions on Insurance Requirement — WASHINGTON - With the fate of President Obama's health care law hanging in the balance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a lawyer for the administration faced a barrage of skeptical questions from four of the court's more conservative justices.
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Audio update from Tom — I stepped out of the oral argument to provide this audio report (at bottom of page). — For those who prefer reading, here is a summary of the report: — Based on the questions posed to Paul Clement, the lead attorney for the state challengers to the individual mandate …
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Reid slams Toobin, says justices' tough questions won't mean health law's demise — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said tough questions from Supreme Court justices did not indicate how the court would rule and took to task a legal analyst who said otherwise.
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Day 2 at the Court: Well, that Could Have Gone Better — My first impression from day two at the Supreme Court: I was more confident yesterday than I am today. With the caveat that I know health policy a lot better than I know law, I can still imagine the justices upholding the individual mandate.
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Toobin: Obama healthcare reform law ‘in grave, grave trouble’ — A top legal analyst predicted Tuesday that the Obama administration's healthcare reform legislation seemed likely to be struck down by the Supreme Court. — Jeffrey Toobin, a lawyer and legal analyst, who writes …
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People Are Saying That Obama's Healthcare Law Got Massacred At The Supreme Court Today — The Supreme Court just wrapped up the second day of oral arguments in the landmark case against President Obama's healthcare overhaul, and reports from inside the courtroom indicate that the controversial law took quite a beating.
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Mandate could be in big trouble after Supreme Court arguements — Before Tuesday, most legal analysts seemed to agree that the Supreme Court would probably uphold health care reform's individual mandate — even if the conservative justices had to hold their noses to do it.

Kennedy's “Heavy Burden of Justification” …
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Recap: Obama Health Law at the Supreme Court, Day 2
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Obamacare's Supreme Court Disaster
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TPMDC — John Roberts May Have Tipped His Hand On ‘Obamacare’ Reasoning

Skeptical Kennedy signals trouble for Obama's healthcare law
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Registered Dem Killed Trayvon — The individual at the center of the controversial Trayvon Martin shooting is a registered Democrat. — George Michael Zimmerman, born Oct. 5, 1983, registered as a Democrat in Seminole County, Fla., in August 2002, according to state voter registration documents.
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Geraldo Rivera apologizes for ‘hoodie’ comment — Geraldo Rivera is apologizing for his “hoodie” remarks about Trayvon Martin that touched off a media firestorm last week, saying, “I have obscured the main point that someone shot and killed an unarmed teenager.”
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Police: Trayvon protesters ransack store — North Miami Beach Walgreens incident caught on video — Surveillance video: Protesters ransack store — NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - — North Miami Beach police said surveillance video shows dozens of high school students demonstrating …
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When in Doubt, Smear the Dead Kid — In my younger, more innocent days, anyone who asked to follow me on Facebook got a little blue check mark next to “friend.” The result, years later, is a large population of numbskulls who keep me abreast of the latest paranoid nonsense.
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Fox News Commenters Spew Yet Another Deluge of Ugly Racist Hatred at Trayvon Martin
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Racial-Relations Regression — The Trayvon Martin tragedy …
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The Daily Caller obtains Trayvon Martin's tweets
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New details deepen Trayvon Martin controversy
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NMB Students Turn Trayvon March Into Criminal Mischief Investigation
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Spike Lee re-tweets incorrect address of Trayvon Martin shooter
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Mitt Romney's 4-car fantasy home — SAN DIEGO — At Mitt Romney's proposed California beach house, the cars will have their own separate elevator. — There's also a planned outdoor shower and a 3,600-square foot basement — a room with more floor space than the existing home's entire living quarters.
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NOM Proud of Strong Record on Minority Partnerships — Contact: Anath Hartmann or Elizabeth Ray (703-683-5004) — “We proudly bring together people of different races, creeds and colors to fight for our most fundamental institution: marriage.” —Brian Brown, president—
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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.
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Obama explains Medvedev open mic incident — SEOUL — President Barack Obama offered an extended explanation here Tuesday of the hot mic moment that caught him asking Russia's president for some “space” and “flexibility” until after November's election. — “The only way I get this stuff done …
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Obama Makes Light of Missile-Shield Remark
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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 …
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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
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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.
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