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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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Was the Dissent Originally a Majority Opinion? — The four-Justice dissent, at least on first quick perusal, reads like it was originally written as a majority opinion, [something Larry Solum also noticed] (for example, he refers to Justice Ginsburg's opinion as “The dissent") [update …
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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.


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 …

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 …

The political genius of John Roberts — After Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes deftly beat back Franklin Delano Roosevelt's court-packing proposal, FDR said, with grudging admiration, that Hughes was the best politician in the country. “That was hardly the way Hughes would have chosen to be remembered …
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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.

I'm Not Down on John Roberts — Having gone through the opinion, I am not going to beat up on John Roberts. I am disappointed, but I want to make a few points. — First, I get the strong sense from a few anecdotal stories about Roberts over the past few months and the way he has written …
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Evidence that the Votes Shifted After Conference (Initial Vote to Declare Mandate Unconstitutional) — After a preliminary read of the opinions in the Health Care Cases (National Federation of Independent Business v. Sibelius), there seems to be substantial evidence that the initial vote …
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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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Did Nino Scalia Firmly Think He Had His “Constitutional Moment”, and His Majority? — Sure sounds like he did not search-and-replace his text to correct it when Roberts peeled off. — Successfully electing George W. Bush 5-4 was not enough for him. He thought he had repealed the ACA 5-4 as well.
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In Health Care Ruling, Roberts Steals a Move From John Marshall's Playbook — There are eerie parallels between today's decision and a legendary case from Thomas Jefferson's time. — Earlier today, the Supreme Court, by a narrowly divided vote, upheld the individual mandate …
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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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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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Conservative Republicans Turn On Former Hero, Chief Justice John Roberts — Conservative Republicans used to be huge fans of Chief Justice John Roberts — until this morning. — Over the course of just a few hours, Republicans' warm feelings toward the Chief Justice (see the top twelve Republican songs …
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The Decision to Uphold the Mandate as Tax Represents a Gestalt Shift in Constitutional Law
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4 Reasons Why Republicans Won't Be Able To Repeal Obamacare
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DeMint: ‘Obamacare’ Still Unconstitutional — States Should Refuse To Implement It
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How far the four dissenters were willing to go
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GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare
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What Did SCOTUS Just Do? — Was today's Supreme Court Obamacare …
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John Roberts Saves Us All
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The Radicalism (And Hackery) of the Health Care Cases Dissenters
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Hillary Clinton: ‘Obviously quite excited’ about court ruling
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Rush Limbaugh: SCOTUS is a ‘death panel’
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Initial Thoughts on the Health Care Ruling
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Republicans Will Soon Stop Talking about Health Care
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Supreme Court Upholds President Obama's Health Care Reform
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The Mandate As Tax — Chief John Roberts may have flinched …
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Chief Justice Roberts May Have Switched Health Care Vote at Last Minute
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CNN, Fox blow the Supreme Court ruling
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Rand Paul: ‘Obamacare’ is still unconstitutional
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The Roberts Court is Born
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Sometimes labels matter: Why the Anti-Injunction Act didn't preclude judicial consideration of the individual mandate
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Congress Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling
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House charges Holder with contempt of Congress — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) The House of Representatives voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress Thursday for failing to provide documents relating to the Fast and Furious gunwalking program.
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Pelosi to walk on Holder vote: What GOP is doing is ‘contemptible, even for them’
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The Affordable Care Act is helping millions of Americans like you.
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Fast and Furious Contempt Citation for Holder
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Democrats plan mass walkout during contempt vote
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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. — Dave Stopera — a half hour ago — 763 responses
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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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