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theusconstitution.org:
DEVELOPING: COURT RULES IN CHAMBER'S FAVOR IN EVERY CASE DECIDED SO FAR THIS TERM — As we approach the end of the October 2011 Term, it is hard to think about almost anything other than the Court's impending health care decision. But there is another developing story that has so far been overlooked.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mourdock cheers SCOTUS for striking down Obamacare (Updated) — Yes, you read that right. — Indiana Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock applauds the Supreme Court's decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act in a new video uploaded to his YouTube account.
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Crooks and Liars, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, The Impolitic, Daily Kos, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BuzzFeed and Wonkette
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Billions of Dollars Are in Play Over Health Care Law
Billions of Dollars Are in Play Over Health Care Law
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Balloon Juice and New York Magazine
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Tensions rise as justices kick healthcare ruling to next week
Tensions rise as justices kick healthcare ruling to next week
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Politico and The Huffington Post
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Boehner: If Supreme Court strikes down health care law, ‘there will be no spiking of the ball’
Boehner: If Supreme Court strikes down health care law, ‘there will be no spiking of the ball’
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The Gateway Pundit, Fox News and Guardian
Latino Decisions:
New Poll: Obama leads Romney among Latinos in key 2012 battleground states — New polling released June 22, 2012 by Latino Decisions and America's Voice finds President Obama maintaining a wide lead over Republican Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters in five key battleground states.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney closing the election gap with focus on the economy — New polls released this week reveal President Obama holds a very tight lead over Mitt Romney, but that the GOP nominee is closing the gap by focusing on economic issues. — According to a Pew Research poll released Thursday …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Holds Early Turnout Edge, But Little Enthusiasm for Romney
GOP Holds Early Turnout Edge, But Little Enthusiasm for Romney
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama pollster: Stop obsessing over the daily horse race polls
Obama pollster: Stop obsessing over the daily horse race polls
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Naked Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Time, American Prospect, Washington Monthly and p m carpenter's commentary
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Texas bank challenging Dodd-Frank, consumer bureau in court — A Texas community bank and two advocacy groups are filing suit in U.S. District Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. — In particular, the suit will contend that the Consumer Financial …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional — The financial regulations signed into law in 2010 do not honor checks and balances. They eliminate them. — When President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law nearly two years ago, he stated that …
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Power Line and The Volokh Conspiracy
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Major lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank (updated)
Major lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank (updated)
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PointOfLaw Forum
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas — Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama looks to capitalize on shift in presidential race's momentum — President Obama will look to cap a week in which momentum in the presidential race appeared to shift in his favor with a Thursday address to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Florida.
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Obama web video accuses Romney of hedging on immigration
Obama web video accuses Romney of hedging on immigration
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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama
Romney's Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama
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Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and The Daily Dish
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hispanic population soars in presidential swing states — Hispanic populations are soaring in toss-up states that will decide the presidential election. — Changing demographics in states not usually associated with Hispanic voters has changed the traditional political calculus heading into Election Day.
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In Speech, Romney Takes Softer Tone on Immigration
In Speech, Romney Takes Softer Tone on Immigration
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msnbc.com, Washington Post, USA Today, Mother Jones, CNN, ImmigrationProf Blog and GOP 12
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney vows to ‘replace’ Obama's immigration order
Romney vows to ‘replace’ Obama's immigration order
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New York Times, Mediaite, Daily Kos and The Raw Story
Anne-Marie Slaughter / The Atlantic Online:
Why Women Still Can't Have It All — It's time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here's what has to change.
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Althouse, Washington Monthly and The Huffington Post
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E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
Why Does The Atlantic Hate Women?
Why Does The Atlantic Hate Women?
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New York Times, Dana Goldstein, Salon, The Reality-Based Community and ECHIDNE of the snakes
ThinkProgress:
POLL: Most Republicans Still Believe That Iraq Had WMD — A new poll conducted by Dartmouth government professor Benjamin Valentino found that 63 percent of Republican respondents still believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded in 2003, even though this assertion has been thoroughly debunked.
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SQUATLO RANT, The Daily Beast and The Political Carnival
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘The Cycle’: MSNBC's New 3 PM Show Features Four Co-Hosts … REACT: — FOLLOW: — MSNBC, Dylan Ratigan, Msnbc 3 PM, Steve Kornacki, The Cycle, Toure, Toure Msnbc, Media News — MSNBC has found its replacement for Dylan Ratigan's show: “The Cycle.” — The new program …
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, TVNewser, Mediaite, The Political Carnival and The PJ Tatler, more at Mediagazer »
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
New MSNBC Show Will Feature a Panel of Political Pundits
New MSNBC Show Will Feature a Panel of Political Pundits
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The Other McCain and New York Magazine
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Fast and Furious front and center — Victim becoming a footnote — The two most important words in the current Obama administration scandal aren't “Fast” or “Furious.” They are “Brian Terry.” — In December 2010, Brian Terry — a former Marine and police officer turned Border Patrol agent …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Offers Hint at New Timing for Health Care Ruling — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it is likely to go into overtime next week, as the nation awaits its decisions in challenges to President Obama's health care law and a tough Arizona immigration law.
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
POLITICO REPORTER TWEETS ANN ROMNEY PENIS JOKE — Politico, the unofficial web-branch of MSNBC, and whose staff spends more time on MSNBC than Chris Matthews, has a so-called reporter named Joseph Williams who all but called Mitt Romney a racist on Martin Bashir's show today.
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Politico, The Caucus, Independent Journal Review, Mediaite, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Poynter and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Robert D. Hershey Jr / New York Times:
Anna Schwartz, Economist Who Collaborated With Friedman, Dies at 96 — Anna J. Schwartz, a research economist who wrote monumental works on American financial history in collaboration with the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman while remaining largely in his shadow, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
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Sara Ganim / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky case: Sandusky's adopted son, Matt, says he is a victim and would have testified, lawyer says — BELLEFONTE — Matt Sandusky, through his attorney Andrew Shubin, said that he met with prosecutors this week to say for the first time that he is a molestation victim of Jerry Sandusky, his adopted father.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Bob Bauer, Obama Campaign's Top Lawyer, Demands Retraction From Karl Rove … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Karl Rove, Video, Crossroads GPS, American Crossroads, Bob Bauer, Bob Bauer Karl Rove, Karl Rove American Crossroads, Karl Rove Bob Bauer, Karl Rove Crossroads, Karl Rove Crossroads Gps, Karl Rove Letter, Politics News
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