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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.
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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 and neo-neocon


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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Politico, Washington Post and Guardian

Wary of activist court, Obama defends health law — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday issued a rare, direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul, weighing in with a vigorous political appeal for judicial restraint.
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Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla

Obama: Overturning healthcare law would be ‘extraordinary step’
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The Mahablog, The Sundries Shack, Shot in the Dark and Daily Kos

Americans Are Worrying About the Constitution Again
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Global Public Square and Maggie's Farm


Obama: Supreme Court won't overturn health care law
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CNN, ACS Blog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Dish and Towleroad News #gay

Obama takes a shot at Supreme Court over healthcare
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Hot Air, The Greenroom and Hit & Run

Obama Takes Aim at Supreme Court, Calls Them ‘Unelected Group of People’
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RedState, Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers

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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ABCNEWS, GOP 12, PoliticsPA, USA Today, Washington Post and Baltimore Sun
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Newt aims for Gingrich flavor in Romney platform
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The Other McCain and Hot Air

Despite edge in delegates, Romney struggles to put Santorum away
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CNN

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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Althouse

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.

Obama campaign targets Romney ties to oil — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign accused Republican Mitt Romney of siding with “Big Oil” in a new television ad released Monday, signaling an escalation of a general election campaign and a vigorous debate over gas prices.
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Weekly Standard and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Video: Obama Campaign Disables Credit Card Verification, Accepts Donation from ‘Nidal Hasan’
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Atlas Shrugs, Power Line, The Mental Recession and Hot Air

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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Solar-Project Developer Files for Chapter 11
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Power Line and Watts Up With That?


'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:
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Booman Tribune, US Politics, The New Republic, Hot Air, Master Feed, Hullabaloo, The Maddow Blog, Prairie Weather and Washington Monthly

Pelosi Would “Love” Hillary To Be Democrats Nominee In 2016 — The former speaker hops on board the Clinton train. “Hasn't she been a magnificent Secretary of State?” — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has joined the growing ranks of politicians and public figures lining up behind a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016.
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BuzzFeed, Weasel Zippers and Politico
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Hillary Clinton Won't Join Barack Obama On Campaign Trail
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Weekly Standard, USA Today, Power Line and News Desk

Hillary Clinton slams Rush Limbaugh ‘verbal assault’
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Mediaite, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice

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.
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The Self-Refuting Expert Witness The Orlando Sentinel Is Touting
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DISSENTING JUSTICE, Feministing and CNN


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.

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, Ballot Box, USA Today, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, New York Times, Race 4 2012, GOP 12, Politico and New York Magazine


Ann Romney Says Campaign Will ‘Unzip’ the Real Mitt — GREEN BAY, Wis. - Ann Romney defended her husband's sense of humor today during a radio interview, explaining that if people think the candidate seems too stiff at times as the host suggested, she thinks “we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.”
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Romney confronted over Mormon doctrines
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ABCNEWS, CNN, The Other McCain, The Hill and JSOnline

FBI questions people in Trayvon Martin case, begins ‘parallel investigation’ — Martin Bashir leads a discussion with The Grio.com's Joy-ann Reid and Georgetown University's Michael Eric Dyson about how race - and some in the media - are playing a role in shaping Americans perception …
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The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, TalkLeft and Weasel Zippers
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Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband.
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American Prospect, Balkinization, SCOTUSblog, The Week, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Corjul Politics, TBogg, CNN, The Agonist, The Volokh Conspiracy, Hit & Run, Runnin' Scared, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Lawyers, Guns & Money, emptywheel, Indecision Forever, The Impolitic, TalkLeft, LewRockwell.com Blog, The Agitator and Truthdig


In House Races, Redistricting a Hurdle for New York Democrats — WASHINGTON — As Democrats try to orchestrate a state-by-state drive to retake control of the House of Representatives, an unexpected hurdle has arisen in New York, an overwhelmingly Democratic state that should have been friendly terrain.


Md. woman won't share $105M lotto jackpot with McD's co-workers — By EVAN SERPICK and WILLIAM FARRINGTON in Baltimore and BOB FREDERICKS in NY — Mega Millions mania has plunged a Maryland McDonald's into a bubbling cauldron of controversy hotter than a deep-fried apple pie.
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The Jawa Report, Associated Press, The Week, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, FOX8.com, Jammie Wearing Fools and HotAirPundit