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Wall Street Journal:
Obama vs. Marbury v. Madison — The President needs a remedial course in judicial review. — President Obama is a former president of the Harvard Law Review and famously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. But did he somehow not teach the historic case of Marbury v. Madison?
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Outside the Beltway, DISSENTING JUSTICE, Betsy's Page and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Fox News:
Obama warns ‘unelected’ Supreme Court against striking down health law — President Obama, employing his strongest language to date on the Supreme Court review of the federal health care overhaul, cautioned the court Monday against overturning the law — while repeatedly saying he's “confident” it will be upheld.
New York Sun:
Ex Parte Obama — It's been a long time since we've heard a presidential demarche as outrageous as President Obama's warning to the Supreme Court not to overturn Obamacare. The president made the remarks at a press conference with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.
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Instapundit, BizzyBlog, RedState, Outside the Beltway and neo-neocon
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Hearings Hurt Public Regard for both Health Care Law and Supreme Court — While most Americans say last week's Supreme Court hearings on the 2010 health care law did not change their views of the law or of the Court, they did more harm than good to the image of both.
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ThinkProgress, Patterico's Pontifications, A plain blog about politics, Politico and Guardian
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Top Legal Commentator Toobin Stands By Doomsday Prediction For Health Care Law — Hindsight hasn't changed Jeffrey Toobin's mind. — A week after oral arguments led him to predict that the Supreme Court will strike down a key piece of President Obama's health care law …
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Talking Points Memo and Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP senator accuses Obama of threatening the Supreme Court — Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) on Tuesday accused President Obama of “threatening” the Supreme Court as it prepares a ruling on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law. — Speaking a day after Obama warned against …
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Booman Tribune
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems wage pressure campaign on Supreme Court over health ruling
Dems wage pressure campaign on Supreme Court over health ruling
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National Review and ThinkProgress
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Wary of activist court, Obama defends health law
Wary of activist court, Obama defends health law
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Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Obama's unsettling attack on the Supreme Court
Obama's unsettling attack on the Supreme Court
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USA Today, MyFoxboston, Hot Air and Firedoglake
Rose Garden / The White House:
Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada
Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada
New York Times:
Divide and Discriminate — When a light is shined into the dark corners of American politics, it's never pleasant to see what scurries away. Last week, a federal judge in Maine unsealed memos from the National Organization for Marriage, one of the most prominent groups fighting against same-sex marriage.
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Firedoglake, Poliglot, Daily Kos, NOM Blog and Human Rights Campaign
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Olympia Snowe: Birth Control Debate Is ‘Retro’ 1950s … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Michael Bloomberg, Emily's List, Heather Wilson, Lilly Ledbetter, Linda Lingle, Olympia Snowe, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Bipartisanship, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, Olympia Snowe Birth Control, Politics News
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ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog and Althouse
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Dana Rubinstein / Capital New York:
A Women's Fund event sends off Olympia Snowe and launches Sandra Fluke — Bloomberg, Snowe and Taylor Dana Rubinstein — Some male politicians did show up to last night's Women's Campaign Fund reception at Christie's in Rockefeller Center, though they were solidly outnumbered by their female counterparts.
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Politico
Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:
Sarah Palin pokes fun at herself on ‘Today’ — Kicking off the highly anticipated battle of Sarah Palin vs. Katie Couric on the morning TV shows Tuesday, the former Alaska governor demonstrated that that she is more than comfortable poking fun of herself on national television.
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USA Today, CNN, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Paul Ryan budget plan is ‘Trojan horse’ — President Barack Obama on Tuesday will shred the House GOP budget as a “Trojan horse” built around radical right-wing, “thinly veiled social Darwinism” and the makings of a renewed recession. — That's the message he'll …
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The Hill
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CBS News:
Axelrod: Romney “oblivious” to everyday life — (CBS News) — A top campaign adviser to President Obama Tuesday called Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney “oblivious” to the concerns of everyday Americans and suggested he is living in a different era.
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Shakesville, Jammie Wearing Fools and Washington Post
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Robinson / nation.foxnews.com:
Another Obama Solar Company Goes Bankrupt ...Taxpayers Lose $2 BILLION? — Solar Trust of America seeks bankruptcy protection after trouble getting federal loan — WILMINGTON, Del. — A California solar energy company that was unable to meet a deadline for an Energy Department loan guarantee …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Narrow Escape For Taxpayers
A Narrow Escape For Taxpayers
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Sister Toldjah, Hit & Run, Wall Street Journal and Watts Up With That?
Quinnipiac University:
Santorum Leads Romney In Pennsylvania GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; ‘etch A Sketch’ Rap Unfair To Romney, Republicans Say — Favorite Son Rick Santorum leads former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 41 - 35 percent among likely voters in Pennsylvania's Republican presidential primary …
Dan Zimmerman / The Truth About Guns:
Quote of the Day: Narrative Destroying Edition — “You will recall the incident of the beating of the black homeless man Sherman Ware on December 4, 2010 by the son of a Sanford police officer. The beating sparked outrage in the community but there were very few that stepped up to do anything about it.
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Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Perry heard singing in bathroom pre-debate — President Obama sang Al Green at a fundraiser. And Mitt Romney belted out “America the Beautiful” on the trail. — As for Texas Gov Rick Perry, his 2012 musical moment took place in the bathroom, according to this excerpt from POLITICO's new e-book, Inside the Circus:
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Mock, Paper, Scissors, Gawker and New York Magazine
Richard Danielson / Tampa Bay Times:
Permitted concealed firearms would be allowed in GOP convention protest zone — TAMPA — If Tampa's proposed rules for the Republican National Convention are passed, protesters could not bring squirt guns into a designated protest zone. — But they could bring real guns if they have concealed weapons permits.
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Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Trayvon Martin - Is Everything You Think You Know Just Media BS? — As a launch point, let me pick up on this throw-away comment made by Rod Dreher in his own comments section: — I do think Zimmerman was a paranoid guy — I make this judgment based on his frequent 911 calls over the past year …
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The Other McCain
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Would Lower Health Costs By Asking Patients To Pay More For Their Benefits — During a town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) on Monday, Mitt Romney proposed lowering health care spending by shifting more costs to the beneficiaries and working …
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Daily Kos
Hoover Institution:
Justice Kennedy's Million Dollar Question — by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) — Can you create commerce in order to regulate it? — The entire landscape of Congress's constitutional powers changed …
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Power Line
CNN:
Cheney released from hospital after heart transplant — (CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released Tuesday from the Virginia hospital where he received a heart transplant last month, his spokeswoman said in a statement. — Cheney, 71, received a transplant on March 24 …
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Politico
Wall Street Journal:
GOP, Romney to Raise Funds Jointly — In a move that shows Republicans are coalescing around the party's front-runner, Mitt Romney plans to begin raising money jointly with the Republican National Committee this week as both the candidate and the GOP brace for an expensive general-election fight against President Barack Obama.
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