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Appeals court fires back at Obama's comments on health care case — (CBS News) In the escalating battle between the administration and the judiciary, a federal appeals court apparently is calling the president's bluff — ordering the Justice Department to answer by Thursday whether …
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Barack Obama, Constitutional Ignoramus — I'm grateful for the favor Obama did for us yesterday of exposing his extreme constitutional ignorance, with his comments on how it would be “unprecedented” for the Court to strike down a law passed by a “strong majority” in Congress.


The Man Who Knew Too Little — President Obama's stunning ignorance of constitutional law. — We were half-joking yesterday when we asked if Barack Obama slept through his Harvard Law class on Marbury v. Madison, the 1803 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court first asserted its power to strike down unconstitutional laws.
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The 1918 Case That May Have Foreshadowed Obamacare's Demise
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Fifth Circuit to DOJ: Prove You Support Judicial Review
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Rush Limbaugh: Obama ‘thug’ on Supreme Court
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Judges order Justice Department to clarify Obama remarks on health law case
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Is it Over? — It's over: CNN estimates that Barack Obama has won enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for president in 2012. — Oh—the Republicans? OK, I'll concede that contest is getting close to over as well. Mitt Romney will almost certainly be the GOP nominee.
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Scarborough: ‘No One’ In GOP Establishment Thinks Romney Will Beat Obama — Unemployment stubbornly over 8%. His landmark piece of legislation in dire peril of being dumped by the Supreme Court. The “flexibility” moment with Putin's pawn. Does that sound like an invincible incumbent to you?
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Sen. Ayotte: Romney can erase gender gap before general election
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Five things we learned Tuesday
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‘Recall Walker’ campaign overshadows Wisconsin presidential battle
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Santorum on losses: We're beginning the ‘second half’
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Calling Radicalism by Its Name — President Obama's fruitless three-year search for compromise with the Republicans ended in a thunderclap of a speech on Tuesday, as he denounced the party and its presidential candidates for cruelty and extremism. He accused his opponents of imposing on the country a …
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First Thoughts: The writing is on the wall
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Remarks by the President at the Associated Press Luncheon
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Obama blasts Republican budget plan as ‘radical vision’ for the nation
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Sarah Palin's ‘rogue’ pick for VP: Allen West — Sarah Palin says there's one name at the top of her list if the Republican Party wants to “go rogue” in its pick for the vice presidential nominee: Rep. Allen West. — The former vice presidential candidate told Fox News's Sean Hannity …
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John McCain kids about Sarah Palin for VP again — Sen. John McCain, who was roundly criticized for putting Sarah Palin on the ticket in 2008, joked Wednesday that Mitt Romney should tap the former Alaska governor as his running mate. — “I think it should be Sarah Palin,” …
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Sarah Palin: ‘Blast’ hosting ‘Today’ show
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Fox News Anchor: “Thoughts? Did Obama Campaign Threaten Chelsea Clinton's Life 2 Keep Parents Silent?” — Heather Childers, a “straight news” anchor for the Fox News weekend program America's News Headquarters and co-host of Fox & Friends First, tweeted this afternoon: “Thoughts?
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Top Romney Surrogate: In General Election, Women Will See Romney's ‘Real Views’ — Tonight on CNN, Robert Ehrlich, Mitt Romney's Maryland campaign chair, suggested that voters — particularly women — would not be exposed to Romney's “real views” until the general election.
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Solyndra's Loan Guarantee ‘Was Rushed,’ Treasury Audit Says — The U.S. Treasury Department was given one day to complete its review of the government's $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra LLC, the bankrupt solar-panel manufacturer, to accommodate an Energy Department press release, according to a Treasury audit.
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NBC issues apology on Zimmerman tape screw-up — NBC has completed its investigation into the mishandling of the police dispatcher's conversation with George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case. And the process ends with a finding of error, plus an apology. Here is the statement just issued by the network:

Bill Haslam, Tennessee Governor, Will ‘Probably’ Sign Evolution Bill … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Evolution, Evolution, Video, Bill Haslam, Bill Haslam Evolution Bill, Bill Haslam Tennessee, Bill Haslam Tennessee Evolution, Tennessee, Tennessee Evolution, Tennessee Evolution Bill …
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Texas judge confronts Obama administration over ‘judicial restraint’ statement — A federal judge in Texas is demanding that the Department of Justice clarify whether President Obama's dig about “judicial restraint” means the administration thinks the Judicial Branch has no right to overturn unconstitutional laws.
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Report: Federal judge hits back at Obama
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Voters reject sexual orientation initiative — Anchorage voters rejected a proposed ordinance to add legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people in a chaotic municipal election fraught with ballot shortages and high voter turnout in many precincts.
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Daily Kos, Holy Bullies … and Advocate


Obama Alienates Canada And Mexico At Three Amigos — At the U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, left, panned Obama for Fast and Furious, and Canadian PM Stephen... View Enlarged Image — Diplomacy: Most summits are mush-mouthed affairs full of pleasantries.
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Being uninsured is a mandate, too — They tell it like it is at the beauty shop or barbershop. — I went for a haircut on Saturday. My hairdresser Carmelita and I got to talking about health care and the decision now in the hands of the Supreme Court. — “Do you have health insurance?”
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