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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling — Linda Davidson/THE WASHINGTON POST - Lyle Denniston, 81, has covered the Supreme Court for nearly six decades. After working at several newspapers, he joined SCOTUSblog in 2004, though he says he has “no patience” for computers.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Justice Scalia must resign — Justice Antonin Scalia needs to resign from the Supreme Court. — He'd have a lot of things to do. He's a fine public speaker and teacher. He'd be a heck of a columnist and blogger. But he really seems to aspire to being a politician — and that's the problem.
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama'S Legacy At Risk After Winning Health-Care Fight — The outcome of a 100-year fight for U.S. national health care rests on the verdict today of nine justices, who will emerge from behind a red velvet curtain. — Just four months before the presidential election …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health-care law — The Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation Thursday morning, a potentially game-changing, election-year decision that would define the power of the national government …
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Prepares Three Speeches Ahead of Health-Care Ruling — The White House has kept its preparations for the Supreme Court's decision on President Barack Obama's health care law close to the vest. Mr. Obama, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday, the West Wing is merely …
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Anticipating the health-care decision: In Plain English — Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, the nine Justices of the Supreme Court will take the bench for the last time before their summer recess. Most will head out of town for the summer, leaving the rest of us to digest …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
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 …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court health care ruling: Win-lose scenarios — As the climactic Supreme Court announcement nears, all of Washington is on the edge of their seats. — Will President Barack Obama's entire health law go down Thursday? Just the individual mandate? Will the whole thing be upheld?
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Ariane De Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Supreme Court: Health Care Mystery Unveiled
Supreme Court: Health Care Mystery Unveiled
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A reader's guide to health care ruling
A reader's guide to health care ruling
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Bloomberg:
Do Republicans Really Want Universal Health Care?
Do Republicans Really Want Universal Health Care?
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
In 2006 Video, Romney Calls Health Care Mandate ‘Essential’
In 2006 Video, Romney Calls Health Care Mandate ‘Essential’
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Presidential Election Could Reshape an Aging Supreme Court
Presidential Election Could Reshape an Aging Supreme Court
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney: 'My guess is they're not sleeping real well at the White House'
Romney: 'My guess is they're not sleeping real well at the White House'
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John Cassidy / News Desk:
Health Care and the Supremes: Why the Right Has Already Won
Health Care and the Supremes: Why the Right Has Already Won
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is Nobody Listening to Jimmy Carter's Searing Critique of America? — The former president accuses his post-9/11 successors of breaking the law and trampling on human rights. That should be a bigger deal. — If you told the average American that there was a very powerful politician who …
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Polls: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck in Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire — A new round of NBC News-Marist polls shows President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney running almost neck-and-neck in three key battleground states, with Obama holding a slight advantage in Michigan and North Carolina …
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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 …
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News Corporation:
News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Businesses to Enhance Strategic Alignment and Increase Operational Flexibility — Separation Would Create Two Category-Leading Public Companies — News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today announced that it intends …
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John Jannarone / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Board Approves Split in Principle
News Corp. Board Approves Split in Principle
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Susan Page / USA Today:
‘Today’ co-host Ann Curry will bid farewell today — Ann Curry's voice chokes when she talks about saying goodbye this morning on NBC's Today show, years earlier than she had hoped. — It's “going to be a bit of a tough day,” she told USA TODAY in a 40-minute phone interview Wednesday …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The Left's effort to discredit all conservative thought … Popular in Politics — White House: ‘Millions and millions and millions of dollars’ of ads turned Americans against Obamacare — Closed-minded dismissal of opposing views has gone from being a bad habit of conservatives to a core strategy of the Left.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Obama Is A Job-Outsourcing Hypocrite — Politics: The president accuses his likely opponent of outsourcing jobs as his re-election campaign hires telemarketers in Canada and the Philippines. And what about GM in China and those electric cars built in Finland?
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama super PAC continues Bain assault — The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action keeps up its assault on Mitt Romney's business record with a new ad this morning, hitting the former Bain Capital executive for having turned a profit even on deals that saw companies go bankrupt.
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Black lawmakers plan walkout during contempt vote — The Congressional Black Caucus plans to walk off the House floor during tomorrow's votes to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress, according to a letter being circulated among members of Congress.
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