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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
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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Andrew Koppelman / The New Republic:
The 1918 Case That May Have Foreshadowed Obamacare's Demise — It took decades for Congress to address the problem. When, at long last, federal legislation was passed, some people raised constitutional objections, but few took them seriously. The objections required the Supreme Court …
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American Prospect, Althouse, The Volokh Conspiracy and Balkinization
New York Times:
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 …
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The writing is on the wall
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Five things we learned Tuesday
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Texas judge confronts Obama administration over ‘judicial restraint’ statement
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
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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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
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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Mj Lee / Politico:
John McCain kids about Sarah Palin for VP again
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Sarah Palin: ‘Blast’ hosting ‘Today’ show
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David R. Dow / The Daily Beast:
Impeach the Supreme Court Justices If They Overturn Health-Care Law — The Roberts Court's rulings appear to be a concerted effort to send us back to the Gilded Age. If they dump the Affordable Care Act, writes David Dow, we should dump them. — You think the idea is laughable?
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Nancy Pelosi / CNN:
Pelosi's specific Supreme Court health care prediction
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Evolution ‘Monkey Bill’ Poised To Become Law In Tennessee — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) announced yesterday that he will “probably” sign a bill that attacks the teaching of “biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning” …
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama gets laughs and ‘amens’ at prayer breakfast — President Obama spoke strongly about his faith at an Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House on Wednesday, at one point getting laughs while quoting Jesus as saying, “in this world you will have trouble.”
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Kim Hart / Politico:
Obama ties Easter to U.S. rebirth — ‘Like us, Jesus knew doubt. Like us, Jesus knew fear,’ Obama said. Reuters — Close — President Barack Obama on Wednesday linked America and himself to Easter, telling a White House prayer breakfast there's reason to find faith in Jesus conquering …
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Investor's Business Daily:
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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Dumb Diplomacy Alienates Canada and Mexico, Costs Consumers
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The Lonely Conservative
Paul Ryan / Facebook:
The President's Speech Distorts the Truth to Distract From His Failed Record — In today's disappointing speech, the President made a series of claims that are simply false. — The President's attacks began with an admission that his assumptions reflect White House spin, not our budget's substance …
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Ezra Klein, The Enterprise Blog and National Review
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
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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The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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:
Scott Wong / Politico:
Harry Reid loses procedural ruling on budget vote — The Senate's chief referee has issued a key ruling against Majority Leader Harry Reid, POLITICO has learned — a move expected to bring unwanted election-year pressure on the Nevada Democrat to act on politically dicey budget bills.
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National Review and The PJ Tatler
Mj Lee / Politico:
Wisconsin Lt. Gov.: Recall message is national — 'We're a harbinger. We're a canary in a coal mine,' Kleefisch said. AP Photo — Close — Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who faces a recall in June along with Gov. Scott Walker, said Wednesday that the election's outcome …
Juan Gonzalez / NY Daily News:
Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. killed after clash with police who responded to his medical emergency — Exclusive: White Plains police came to ‘help,’ but shot 68-year-old with stun gun and beanbag gun — Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. holds photo of his father, Kenneth Sr. …
Michelle Theriault / Anchorage Daily News:
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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Darius Dixon / Politico:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Mormonism off limits — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz fired back Wednesday at Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's claim that Democrats would attack Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in the fall election, saying the charge was “nonsense” and that the issue of religion was off-limits.
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Ballot Box and Associated Press
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Geithner: GOP budget a ‘recipe’ for US decline — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner offered harsh words for GOP cut-heavy budgets Wednesday, calling them “a recipe to make us a declining power.” — One day after President Obama laid into the Republican proposal offered by Rep. Paul Ryan …
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Dylan Stableford / ABCNEWS:
Senate candidate Jon Bruning accuses opponent Don Stenberg of trying to follow 14-year-old daughter on Twitter (VIDEO) — A debate between a pair of Republican Senate candidates in Nebraska took a weird turn on Tuesday, when one accused the other of trying to follow his 14-year-old daughter on Twitter.
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