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12:45 PM ET, March 30, 2012

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Broccoli and Bad Faith  —  Nobody knows what the Supreme Court will decide with regard to the Affordable Care Act.  But, after this week's hearings, it seems quite possible that the court will strike down the “mandate” — the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance — and maybe the whole law.
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Tampered With Court Audio in Obama Attack Ad  —  A Republican Party Internet advertisement altered the audio of U.S. Supreme Court (1000L) oral arguments in an attack on President Barack Obama's health-care law.  —  In a web ad circulated this week, the Republican National Committee excerpts …
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The RNC shoots itself in the mouth  —  Opponents of the Affordable Care Act and the Obama Administration really could not have had a better week.  They did a tremendous job framing their constitutional argument against the statute to the public, the lawyers on their side were brilliant …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A stronger prescription for what ails health care
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann Thinks People ‘Choose’ To Not Have Health Insurance, Not Because They Can't Afford It
Discussion: The Raw Story
Ezra Klein:
If Obamacare is overturned, will that lead to single payer? And would that be a good thing?
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/Marist Poll: Romney leads in Wisconsin primary  —  In the upcoming Wisconsin primary, billed as perhaps the final opportunity to change the trajectory of the Republican presidential contest, frontrunner Mitt Romney leads Rick Santorum by seven percentage points, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll.
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Paul Ryan: Why I'm backing Mitt Romney  —  Rep. Paul Ryan threw his support behind Mitt Romney on Friday, hailing him as the “best person to beat the president” and warning that the Republican primary needs to come to an end soon.  —  “Who will make the best president?
Marist Poll:
3/30: Romney Leads Santorum by 7 Points in Wisconsin
Discussion: The New Republic and The Caucus
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
NY Daily News:
George Zimmerman lost job as party security guard for being too aggressive, ex-co-worker says  —  Zimmerman at center of firestorm for fatally shooting unarmed teen Trayvon Martin last month  —  Trayvon Martin was shot along a dark walkway just behind Cheryl Brown's apartment while her son Austin …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
News Analysis: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy May Be Key to Health Law Ruling  —  WASHINGTON — The way to frame a Supreme Court argument meant to persuade Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is to talk about liberty.  It is his touchstone and guiding principle, and his conception of liberty is likely …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department dropped case charging threats to Barack Obama  —  The Justice Department has quietly given up on a criminal case involving alleged death threats against Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, leaving in place a legal precedent that the department's own lawyers predicted …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Supreme Court May Be Most Conservative in Modern History
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Times
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Roseanne Barr Joins Twitter Vigilante Crew  —  Star tweeted home address of George Zimmerman's parents  —  The comedian Roseanne Barr last night tweeted the home address of George Zimmerman's parents to her 110,000-plus Twitter followers, only to delete the posting after “not fully understanding that it was private not public.”
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Associated Press:
Spike Lee settles with elderly couple over misguided George Zimmerman tweet
Discussion: Mediaite and Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Not-So-Smooth Operator  —  Obama increasingly comes across as devious and dishonest.  —  Something's happening to President Obama's relationship with those who are inclined not to like his policies.  They are now inclined not to like him.  His supporters would say, “Nothing new there,” but actually I think there is.
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
A clinic's landlord turns the tables on anti-abortion protesters  —  Ricky Carioti/THE WASHINGTON POST - Todd Stave at his home in Rockville, Md. Stave founded a group, Voice for Choice to turn the tables on the anti-abortion protesters harassing his family.  The group now has about three thousand volunteers.
Gina Smith / The State:
SC governor denies she is tied to tax probe  —  Gov. Nikki Haley vehemently denied Thursday that she is in any way connected to a 2011 tax audit of the Sikh temple in Chapin where her parents are leaders.  —  “It is flat out not true,” Haley said of speculation that has swirled around …
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Biden: I don't want ‘real job...you have to produce’  —  Vice President Joe Biden offered a frank assessment of his career in remarks at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night.  According to a White House pool report, Biden, surrounded by the city's movers and shakers …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and ABCNEWS
Norma Love / Associated Press:
NH House votes to ban abortion after 20 weeks  —  CONCORD, N.H.—For the fifth time in two weeks, the House passed a bill intended to restrict abortions in New Hampshire, voting Thursday to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.  —  Abortion providers would face felony charges punishable …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Salon and LifeNews.com
Tim Mak / Politico:
C-SPAN hammers Sen. Saxby Chambliss  —  C-SPAN unloaded Friday on Sen. Saxby Chambliss after he charged that its televised proceedings of Congress were responsible for the partisan rancor in the Senate, pointing out the Georgia Republican had appeared on the network 599 times.
Discussion: Political Insider and FishbowlDC
Adam Entous / Washington Wire:
Top General Bats Back a Challenge  —  Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, rebuffed suggestions by a top House Republican that American generals were not being truthful about Pentagon spending needs. … House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and CNN
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Moderate Conservative Dilemma  —  Nathan Fletcher was raised in Arkansas, played college baseball in California and enlisted in the Marines as a reserve in 1997.  He saw combat in 2004, based in the Sunni Triangle in Iraq.  —  One day Fletcher's unit went to relieve a convoy and was …
 
 
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Super PACs, donors turn sights on judicial branch
Chicago Tribune:
13 shot, 2 dead in Chicago in six hours Thursday night
Don Thompson / hosted2.ap.org:
Brown defends tax plan, says money goes to schools
Discussion: protein wisdom and National Review
Campaign Stops:
Suppress the Vote!  —  The grip of the super PAC on the …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Benjamin Zycher / National Review:
The Supremes and the Catholic Charities
Discussion: Power Line and Mother Jones
Jake Shermanand Anna Palmer / Politico:
Republicans retreat on gay marriage
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Israel Defense Ministry plan earmarks 10 percent of West Bank for settlement expansion
 Earlier Items: 
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: No recess appointments this time
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Romney Supporters Yearning for the Personal Side
JSOnline:
Activities of former Cain operative scrutinized
Discussion: Politico and Hotline On Call
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Brutal week for Obama, the worst of his presidency
Chris Mooney / DeSmogBlog:
Conservatives versus Science: A New Scientific Validation of the Republican War on Science (and Republican Brain) Thesis
Byron Tau / Politico:
John Kerry: They're swiftboating Obama
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CNN and CANNONFIRE
 

 
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Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Ad software company Mediaocean buys Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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