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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.
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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 …
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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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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.”
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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 …
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Brookings Institute:
The Second Day of the Supreme Court's Hearing on the Health Care Law
The Second Day of the Supreme Court's Hearing on the Health Care Law
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David Frum / david-frum:
Supremes Won't Save GOP From Itself on Obamacare
Supremes Won't Save GOP From Itself on Obamacare
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Kennedy: Individual Mandate Fundamentally Changes Relationship Of Gov't
Kennedy: Individual Mandate Fundamentally Changes Relationship Of Gov't
Emily Ekins / Reason:
87 Percent of Americans Agree With Conservative Supreme Court Justices on Broccoli Mandate
87 Percent of Americans Agree With Conservative Supreme Court Justices on Broccoli Mandate
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fox News Commenters Spew Yet Another Deluge of Ugly Racist Hatred at Trayvon Martin
Fox News Commenters Spew Yet Another Deluge of Ugly Racist Hatred at Trayvon Martin
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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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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
University of Texas Student Paper Wins ‘Most Racist Trayvon Martin Cartoon’ Contest
University of Texas Student Paper Wins ‘Most Racist Trayvon Martin Cartoon’ Contest
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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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Morning Briefing: March 28, 2012
Morning Briefing: March 28, 2012
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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 …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Romney Justifies Denying Health Care To People With Pre-Existing Conditions: 'We Can't Play The Game Like That' — As Mitt Romney tries to distance himself from Obamacare, he ran into some trouble last night when he got stumped by comedian Jay Leno. Leno asked Romney what he would do to help people …
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NBC's Garrett Haake / msnbc.com:
Romney cracks jokes, talks policy with Jay Leno
Romney cracks jokes, talks policy with Jay Leno
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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.
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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Record Number See Romney Negatively; Obama Outpaces Him in Popularity
Record Number See Romney Negatively; Obama Outpaces Him in Popularity
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Romney's negatives hit new high, poll finds
Romney's negatives hit new high, poll finds
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Prairie Weather
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
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 …
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Last week, the famously cool-headed and contemplative writer …
Last week, the famously cool-headed and contemplative writer …
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
German town fears loss of U.S. Army base — BAUMHOLDER, Germany — For more than half a century, this garrison town in the rolling hills of southwest Germany has been a small version of America, with Ford Mustangs and pickup trucks from the U.S. Army base next door threading through its medieval streets.
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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.
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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 …
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