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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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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, RedState, BizzyBlog 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, A plain blog about politics, Politico and Guardian
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
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
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Obama: Overturning healthcare law would be ‘extraordinary step’
Obama: Overturning healthcare law would be ‘extraordinary step’
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The Sundries Shack, The Mahablog, Shot in the Dark and Daily Kos
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
President Obama Goes on Record Opposing Marbury v. Madison
President Obama Goes on Record Opposing Marbury v. Madison
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Weekly Standard, nation.foxnews.com, Right Wing News, The Other McCain, The Lid and Weasel Zippers
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama takes a shot at Supreme Court over healthcare
Obama takes a shot at Supreme Court over healthcare
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Don Surber, americanthinker.com, NewsBusters.org, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Greenroom and TIME Ideas
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Americans Are Worrying About the Constitution Again
Americans Are Worrying About the Constitution Again
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Don Surber, Global Public Square and Maggie's Farm
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 …
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Washington Monthly, Guardian, Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Ballot Box, USA Today, PoliticsPA, GOP 12, Baltimore Sun, ABCNEWS and Associated Press
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Washington Examiner:
Newt aims for Gingrich flavor in Romney platform
Newt aims for Gingrich flavor in Romney platform
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Salon, News Desk, The Other McCain and Hot Air
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
GOP Insiders Say Race Is Over, But Do Voters Agree? (The Note)
GOP Insiders Say Race Is Over, But Do Voters Agree? (The Note)
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Swampland, GOP 12 and Washington Post
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney Could Net 50 Delegates From Maryland and D.C.
Romney Could Net 50 Delegates From Maryland and D.C.
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JSOnline, USA Today, Taegan Goddard's …, The Green Papers, PJ Media, Washington Post, Wake up America and The Huffington Post
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 and Human Rights Campaign
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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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Axelrod: Mitt Romney 'must watch “Mad Men” and think it's the evening news'
Axelrod: Mitt Romney 'must watch “Mad Men” and think it's the evening news'
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil
Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil
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Weekly Standard and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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CNN, USA Today, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog
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
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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Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, Marathon Pundit, The Lonely Conservative and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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Reuters:
Solar Trust of America files bankruptcy
Solar Trust of America files bankruptcy
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Power Line, Hit & Run, Campaign 2012 and The Gateway Pundit
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, The PJ Tatler and Althouse
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi wants Hillary Clinton to run in '16 — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said this week she'd like to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton run for president in 2016. — The California Democrat told PBS's Charlie Rose she has “no knowledge” of Clinton's intentions …
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Politico, CNN, Taylor Marsh, BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post
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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Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly and Suburban Guerrilla
Washington Post:
GSA chief resigns amid reports of excessive spending — The chief of the General Services Administration is resigning and two of her top deputies have been fired amid reports of excessive spending at a training conference at a luxury hotel that featured a mindreader, a clown and a comedian.
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 and The Maddow Blog
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Trayvon Martin - Are There Any Media People In New York City? — There is a conference on voice biometrics in New York city April 3-4. Will any media be there? — Jeralyn Merritt, the Talk Left defense attorney, oftens finds herself in odd positions during the media meltdowns involving politically fashionable defendants.
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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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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ThinkProgress, Washington Times, USA Today, Ballot Box, New York Times, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, Politico, Race 4 2012, Fox News and New York Magazine
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
'A Conservative Coup d'Etat' — How do our current political struggles look from outside? Here is a note from a reader in Holland, in response to The Hill's (never corrected) headline about the 51-47 “defeat” of a bill in the Senate: — The reader says:
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Obama Lagging with Married Women — At a campaign rally in New York two weeks ago, Michelle Obama was courting women voters. — The first bill President Obama signed into law, she excitedly told the crowd, was an act intended to help women earn as much as men do, she told the crowd excitedly.
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