Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:05 AM ET, March 28, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.
RELATED:
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
John Roberts Court on trial  —  John Roberts is having his Bush v. Gore moment.  —  If the wily chief justice felt squeamish about leading the Supreme Court into an election-year political maelstrom, that was nowhere on display Tuesday, when the Roberts-led conservative majority signaled …
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.
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
White House defends embattled solicitor general  —  The White House is coming to the defense of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, whose efforts to defend the president's health care law Tuesday are under attack as a “train wreck” and “The Worst Supreme Court Argument of All Time.”
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Brace yourself for another 5-4 decision  —  Brace yourself for another 5-4 decision... And such a decision would have two consequences: 1) feed the perception that the Supreme Court is as partisan as the other branches, and 2) satisfy no one... Yesterday was a bad day for the mandate …
Brookings Institute:
The Second Day of the Supreme Court's Hearing on the Health Care Law  —  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care, U.S. Supreme Court  —  Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies  —  After two days of oral arguments, it seems quite likely that the Supreme Court …
David Frum / david-frum:
Supremes Won't Save GOP From Itself on Obamacare
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Washington Post:   On health-care hearing's last day, court weighs severability, Medicaid expansion
Politico:
5 takeaways on health law arguments
Emily Ekins / Reason:
87 Percent of Americans Agree With Conservative Supreme Court Justices on Broccoli Mandate
Fox News:
Media Matters writer ‘sorry’ after blasting Drudge for Martin photo  —  A senior analyst with the liberal activist group Media Matters tweeted an apology on Tuesday after calling journalist Matt Drudge a racist and accusing him of using a phony photo of Trayvon Martin.
RELATED:
Fox News:
Elderly couple forced out of home after tweet claims killer of Trayvon Martin lives there  —  SANFORD, FLA - An elderly Florida couple have been forced to move into a hotel after their home address was wrongly tweeted as belonging to the man who shot teen Trayvon Martin.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. Waters: ‘Stiff evidence’ death of Trayvon Martin a hate crime  —  Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are doubling down in their investigation of the shooting death last month of Trayvon Martin in Florida, with one member on Wednesday leveling the accusation of “hate crime” at his shooter.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Rush Limbaugh
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Is There A Black Upper Class Bubble
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:   Racial-Relations Regression  —  The Trayvon Martin tragedy …
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.
RELATED:
Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Gingrich faults fundraising for campaign changes
Discussion: Reuters
Newt Gingrich / CNN:   CNN Poll: Majority in GOP say Gingrich and Paul should end bids
Tom Fontaine / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Santorum slips in Pennsylvania, survey finds  —  Rick Santorum appeared to be the Republican presidential candidate to beat in Pennsylvania a month ago.  —  With the state primary four weeks away, Santorum now finds himself nearly tied with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among …
RELATED:
NBC's Garrett Haake / msnbc.com:
Romney cracks jokes, talks policy with Jay Leno
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Romney's negatives hit new high, poll finds
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Record Number See Romney Negatively; Obama Outpaces Him in Popularity
Discussion: GOP 12
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Obama vs. Boehner: Who Killed the Debt Deal?  —  Almost immediately after the so-called grand bargain between President Obama and the Republican speaker of the house, John Boehner, unraveled last July, the two sides quickly settled into dueling, self-serving narratives of what transpired behind closed doors.
Discussion: Politico
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Food Co-op Rejects Effort to Boycott Israeli-Made Products  —  Members of the Park Slope Food Co-op on Tuesday night voted overwhelmingly against a motion that could have led to its possibly joining an international boycott against products made in Israel.  The vote settled a debate …
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Americans angry with Obama over gas prices  —  (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Tuesday.
Aaronmcquade / GLAAD:
Anti-Gay activists looking for glamorous, unintelligent celebrities to advance their cause  — Commentator Accountability Project  —  It sounds like a headline from the Onion, but strategy documents uncovered yesterday, from the nation's most prominent anti-gay marriage group …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:05 AM ET, March 28, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Bloomberg:
About Peter R Orszag  —  No Revenue Means Steep Social Security Cuts Under Romney
ScienceNOW:
One Drug to Shrink All Tumors
Discussion: The Raw Story
Michelle Theriault Boots / The News Tribune:
Supporters of Proposition 5 ask opposition to pull TV, radio ad
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
David Rogers / Politico:
Ryan plan puts GOP in long-term budget bind
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
GOP running out of gas on Solyndra
Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Mobile and the news media's imploding business model | Michael Wolff
Spokesman.com:
Idaho's forced ultrasound bill is dead
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Rand Paul: When Big Oil Screws Americans At The Gas Pump, ‘You Should Want To Encourage Them’
New York Times:
Restrictions on Voter Registration in Florida Have Groups Opting Out
Discussion: Philly.com
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Obama made the wrong World Bank call
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Firedoglake
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page