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Justice Ginsburg suggests ‘sharp disagreement’ over hot-button cases — Washington (CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is predicting “sharp disagreement” as the Supreme Court prepares by month's end to release some of its most-talked-about rulings, including the constitutionality of the health care law championed by President Obama.
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On eve of health ruling, Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicts ‘sharp disagreement’ — With a wry smile, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg laid waste Friday to all those rumors about the fate of the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court. — “Those who know don't talk.
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Outside the Beltway and Booman Tribune

Executive Overreach — President Obama's claim that he can refuse to deport 800,000 aliens here in the country illegally illustrates the unprecedented stretching of the Constitution and the rule of law. He is laying claim to presidential power that goes even beyond that claimed by the Bush administration, in which I served.
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Strategic Mumblespeak — Er, UVA's Teresa Sullivan was fired for what? — In the 19th century, robber barons started their own private universities when they were not satisfied with those already available. But Leland Stanford never assumed his university should be run like his railroad empire.
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Angry Daily Caller person shouts at president — Daily Caller writer expresses disapproval of Barack Obama's immigration announcement in a manner you'd expect — So. The president was just giving a Rose Garden address announcing his administration's plan to stop deporting certain immigrants.
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Obama ignores questions about controversial de facto amnesty decision
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Daily Caller Reporter Heckles President Obama During Immigration Remarks


In second book, Scalia, Garner warn judicial decisions leading to ‘descent into social rancor’ — The National Law JournalJune 15, 2012 — A new book co-authored by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and legal writing expert Bryan Garner accuses judges - including some on the Supreme Court …
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Presidential Letter — 2012 War Powers Resolution 6-Month Report — Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) — I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep …
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Obama Acknowledges U.S. Is Fighting Groups Tied to Al Qaeda in Somalia and Yemen
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Sarah Palin mocks Obama on drug use, dogs — LAS VEGAS - Sarah Palin ridiculed President Barack Obama at a conservative bloggers conference Friday for his “cocaine snorting” and eating dog as a child. — “That cocaine snorting, and what he ate — Fido? Rufus?” the former Alaska governor said …
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Utah's GOP attorney general: Obama immigration move totally within his power — A number of Republican officials and conservatives have responded to Obama's immigration announcement by attacking it on process grounds, arguing that the decision to circumvent Congress was an abuse of power …
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Daily Kos, US Politics and The Gateway Pundit
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GOP Sen. Rubio says deportation leniency is ‘welcome news’
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Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Indecision Forever, Hot Air, WND and BuzzFeed


EXCLUSIVE — MCCONNELL: ‘RADICAL, DANGEROUS’ OBAMA ADMIN SEEKS TO ‘SHUT UP’ OPPONENTS
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Patterico's Pontifications, The Enterprise Blog and The Lonely Conservative

U.S. will stop deporting some illegal immigrants who came here as children
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Pervy Perp Again Busted For Sex With Teddy Bear — Cincinnati man, 28, collared for indecent act with stuffed animal — For the fourth time in the past two years, a Cincinnati man has been arrested for masturbating in public with the aid of a teddy bear, records show.
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Scared Monkeys and The Jawa Report

Why the Liberal Intolerance for New Family Structures Study? — The author of a new study showing some negative outcomes for young adults whose parents had same-sex relationships is under attack because his findings conflict with what, in some corners, has become conventional wisdom.
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The Other McCain, American Power and American Prospect

Wis. Gov. Walker hits Obama over economy in GOP weekly address — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hit President Obama on private sector growth, saying that the administration defined economic success by “how many people are dependent on government.” — Walker, fresh off his victory …


Catholic hospitals say Obama compromise on birth control for women employees is unworkable — WASHINGTON — Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama's compromise …
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Washington Monthly and Weasel Zippers

GAO: IRS to Spend $881 Million in Implementing Obamacare Over Just Four Years — (CNSNews.com) - The Internal Revenue Service is expected to use $881 million of taxpayers' money to implement the first four years of Obamacare, including about $500 million that the Department of Health and Human Services …
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Hot Air, Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
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