Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:40 PM ET, March 30, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.
RELATED:
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Supreme Court May Be Most Conservative in Modern History
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Justice Department dropped case charging threats to Barack Obama
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann Thinks People ‘Choose’ To Not Have Health Insurance, Not Because They Can't Afford It
Discussion: Wonkette and The Raw Story
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A stronger prescription for what ails health care
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Times
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 Daily Caller and The Raw Story
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Spike Lee settles with elderly couple over misguided George Zimmerman tweet
Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite and Business Insider
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.
RELATED:
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?
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich: Ryan endorsement ‘a great achievement’ for Romney
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
Marist Poll:
3/30: Romney Leads Santorum by 7 Points in Wisconsin
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Chart of the Day: Conservatives Don't Trust Science  —  A new study by Gordon Gauchat takes a look at public trust in science and finds that it's unchanged over the past few decades for most groups.  The one exception is conservatives, whose trust in science has plummeted:
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Paul Krugman
RELATED:
Liz Goodwin / Associated Press:
Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges
Discussion: US Politics and Hullabaloo
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 …
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 …
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.
BBC:
Diane Hill seriously burned pouring petrol in kitchen  —  The woman was treated by paramedics at the house in Moorgate, York  —  A woman suffered 40% burns when petrol ignited as she was decanting it in her kitchen in York with the cooker on.  —  Diane Hill, 46, was pouring petrol …
Discussion: Guardian
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.
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
On the Run, Bin Laden Had 4 Children and 5 Houses, a Wife Says  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Osama bin Laden spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and fathered four children, at least two of whom were born in a government hospital …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Sen. Lugar wins residency battle, but his campaign might have lost messaging war  —  Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) on Friday won the legal battle over whether he would be able to vote in Indiana, but the questions about him leaving the state to live in Washington's suburbs seem to have done major damage to his chances at reelection.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:40 PM ET, March 30, 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: 
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Willful Ignorance  —  This, from YouGov, tells you everything …
Discussion: Shakesville
Scott Walker / CNN:
Recall vote scheduled in Wisconsin, Republican ad war continues
Discussion: Hot Air
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
WATCH: Pol gets buss-ted!
Discussion: Gawker
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum 2012 Campaign: Repeating Missteps Of The 2006 Calamity
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Norma Love / Associated Press:
NH House votes to ban abortion after 20 weeks
Chicago Tribune:
13 shot, 2 dead in Chicago in six hours Thursday night
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Entous / Washington Wire:
Top General Bats Back a Challenge
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and CNN
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
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: No recess appointments this time
Discussion: ThinkProgress
JSOnline:
Activities of former Cain operative scrutinized
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS and Hotline On Call
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Brutal week for Obama, the worst of his presidency
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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