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Pence likens health care ruling to 9/11 — In a closed door House GOP meeting Thursday, Indiana congressman and gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence likened the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Democratic health care law to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to several sources present.
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Don't call it a mandate — it's a tax (UPDATED) — UPDATED to 12:50 p.m. For those reading the opinions, the key section on the mandate is in Roberts' opinion, from pp. 33-44. That clearly has five votes behind it. — Salvaging the idea that Congress did have the power to try …
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Repeal Is a Fantasy — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks about the Supreme Court ruling on health care in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012. (Charles Dharapak / AP Photo) — The Republican Plan B is to repeal Obamacare on Day 1 of a Romney presidency. — Good luck with that.

Obama Wins the Battle, Roberts Wins the War — The chief justice's canny move to uphold the Affordable Care Act while gutting the Commerce Clause. — There were two battles being fought in the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts—and Justice Anthony Kennedy …


Blog chatter: Impeach Roberts — Furious conservative activists lashed out Thursday in the blogosphere at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for siding with the left and upholding the individual mandate in “Obamacare,” with some even calling for his impeachment.
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Health care ruling: Individual mandate upheld by Supreme Court — The Supreme Court upheld most of President Barack Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that Congress did not overstep its power by requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance. — Chief Justice John Roberts joined …


CNN News Staffers Revolt Over Blown Coverage — “Embarrassing.” “F**king humiliating.” “Shameful.” A veteran producer jumps the gun, a young correspondent goes too far, and the network's crisis deepens. — News staffers at the cable network CNN, long the gold standard in television news …


DeMint: ‘Obamacare’ Still Unconstitutional — States Should Refuse To Implement It — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) called on states to outright refuse to implement health care reform in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the law — which would amount to nullification by states.
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John Roberts Saves Us All — We will never complain about you again. Until next term. — Two fears have hovered over American liberals since the legal case against the Affordable Care Act began wending its way through the legal system. The first was a fear that conservatives would succeed …
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The Court Rules: Obamacare is the Largest Tax Increase in the History of the World — RUSH: Hey, folks, have you seen the economic news today? Have you heard about the unemployment numbers today? (laughing) Gross domestic product, have you heard about any of that? Because I have it here, and it sucks.
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Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand, in Victory for Obama — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld most of President Obama's health care overhaul law, saying it was authorized by Congress's power to levy taxes. The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining …
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POTUS First Learned Erroneous News on Court Decision from Cable TV — President Obama was just outside the Oval Office Thursday morning when he got the news — erroneous, as it turned out — that the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down the individual mandate in his signature health care law, deeming it unconstitutional.
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Conservative Republicans Turn On Former Hero, Chief Justice John Roberts
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The Mandate As Tax — Chief John Roberts may have flinched …
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GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare
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CNN, Fox blow the Supreme Court ruling
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The Roberts Court is Born
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For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling
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Rush Limbaugh: SCOTUS is a ‘death panel’
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Medicaid and the ACA: What's the Deal?
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Health care ruling: GOPers pounce on SCOTUS tax talk
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Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health-care law
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How far the four dissenters were willing to go
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Republicans Will Soon Stop Talking about Health Care
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Dems ‘ecstatic,’ GOP vows fight as court upholds healthcare law
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Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge
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The Affordable Care Act is helping millions of Americans like you.
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Rand Paul: ‘Obamacare’ is still unconstitutional
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Was Scalia's Dissent Originally a Majority Opinion? — Scalia's dissent, at least on first quick perusal, reads like it was originally written as a majority opinion http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/ 2012/06/evidence-that-the-votes-shifted - after-conference-initial-vote …
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What Did SCOTUS Just Do? — Was today's Supreme Court Obamacare decision a win for conservatives or a loss? It depends on what you were rooting for. — If you were above all interested in the bill being struck down, it was mostly a loss. On the other hand, if you were more concerned …
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Did Nino Scalia Firmly Think He Had His “Constitutional Moment”, and His Majority?
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The Radicalism (And Hackery) of the Health Care Cases Dissenters
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People Who Say They're Moving To Canada Because Of ObamaCare — I'm sure they'll like the healthcare just fine there. (via https:) — Dave Stopera — a few minutes ago — 24 responses
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Pelosi to walk on Holder vote: What GOP is doing is ‘contemptible, even for them’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she would join members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) when they walk out of the vote on the resolution finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
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Democrats plan mass walkout during contempt vote
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AG emails: Get to the bottom of Fast and Furious
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Former GOP Spokesman: ‘Is Armed Rebellion Now Justified?’ — Lansing attorney does not like Supreme Court Obamacare ruling — The former spokesman for the Michigan Republican Party sent out an email that questioned whether armed rebellion was justified over the Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare.
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JPMorgan Trading Loss May Reach $9 Billion — Losses on JPMorgan Chase's bungled trade could total as much as $9 billion, far exceeding earlier public estimates, according to people who have been briefed on the situation. — When Jamie Dimon, the bank's chief executive …