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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
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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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Obamacare's Supreme Court Disaster — Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. should be grateful to the Supreme Court for refusing to allow cameras in the courtroom, because his defense of Obamacare on Tuesday may go down as one of the most spectacular flameouts in the history of the court.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
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.
Byron Tau / Politico:
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Split in Questions on Insurance Requirement — WASHINGTON — With the fate of President Obama's health care law hanging in the balance, a lawyer for the administration faced a barrage of skeptical questions on Tuesday from four of the Supreme Court's more conservative justices …
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — After Rough Day In Court, An Optimistic View For Supporters Of ‘Obamacare’ — The snap reactions to today's Supreme Court arguments about the constitutionality of the health care law's individual mandate gave reform supporters a collective case of heartburn.
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Los Angeles Times:
Skeptical Kennedy signals trouble for Obama's healthcare law
Skeptical Kennedy signals trouble for Obama's healthcare law
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices signal deep trouble for health care law
Justices signal deep trouble for health care law
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Kennedy's “Heavy Burden of Justification” …
Kennedy's “Heavy Burden of Justification” …
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Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
People Are Saying That Obama's Healthcare Law Got Massacred At The Supreme Court Today
People Are Saying That Obama's Healthcare Law Got Massacred At The Supreme Court Today
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Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Health Care Law: Justices Come Down Hard On The Mandate
Supreme Court Health Care Law: Justices Come Down Hard On The Mandate
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Audio update from Tom
Audio update from Tom
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
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 …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
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.
Mj Lee / Politico:
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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David Weigel / Slate:
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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Internet Broadcasting / WPLG-TV:
Police: Trayvon protesters ransack store
Police: Trayvon protesters ransack store
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Racial-Relations Regression — The Trayvon Martin tragedy …
Racial-Relations Regression — The Trayvon Martin tragedy …
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Elderly Couple In Fear Over Spike Lee Tweet
Elderly Couple In Fear Over Spike Lee Tweet
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CBS Miami:
NMB Students Turn Trayvon March Into Criminal Mischief Investigation
NMB Students Turn Trayvon March Into Criminal Mischief Investigation
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Spike Lee re-tweets incorrect address of Trayvon Martin shooter
Spike Lee re-tweets incorrect address of Trayvon Martin shooter
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
TRAYVON MARTIN PARENTS TO TESTIFY IN CONGRESS
TRAYVON MARTIN PARENTS TO TESTIFY IN CONGRESS
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Is There A Black Upper Class Bubble
Is There A Black Upper Class Bubble
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James Carville / CNN:
Carville: A Supreme Court loss will help Democrats — (CNN) - While the Obama administration fights to protect the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Democratic strategist and CNN contributor James Carville said a Supreme Court overruling may not be such a bad thing for the president, politically.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid slams Toobin, says justices' tough questions won't mean health law's demise
Reid slams Toobin, says justices' tough questions won't mean health law's demise
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Toobin: Obama healthcare reform law ‘in grave, grave trouble’
Toobin: Obama healthcare reform law ‘in grave, grave trouble’
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Jennifer Haberkornand David Nather / Politico:
Mandate could be in big trouble after Supreme Court arguements
Mandate could be in big trouble after Supreme Court arguements
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Vetoed Human Elevator Bill
Mitt Romney Vetoed Human Elevator Bill
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Mike Allen / Politico:
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.
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BuzzFeed:
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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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
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 …
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The Nation:
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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Greg Lukianoff / The Huffington Post:
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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Jane L. Levere / New York Times:
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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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
EPA imposes first greenhouse gas limits on new power plants
EPA imposes first greenhouse gas limits on new power plants
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