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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 …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
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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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 Hood / National Review:
The Mandate As Tax — Chief John Roberts may have flinched from doing what his fellow Republican-appointed justices were willing to do — strike down the individual mandate as a violation of the Commerce Clause — but he did so in a clever way. He resurrected an earlier argument …
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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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CNN, Fox blow the Supreme Court ruling — In a rush to break the news, both CNN and Fox News inaccurately reported this morning's Supreme Court ruling on healthcare. — On television, on its website, and in breaking news alerts, CNN announced that the individual mandate had been struck down.
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Supreme Court upholds health care law — Supporters of the Affordable Healthcare Act gather in front of the Supreme Court before the court's announcement of the legality of the law in Washington. — In a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld …
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Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday largely let stand President Obama's health care overhaul, in a mixed ruling that court observers were rushing to analyze. — The decision was a striking victory for the president and Congressional Democrats …
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Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge — Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate who has long pledged to repeal President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law if elected president, said Thursday the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court backs healthcare law in vindication for Obama
Supreme Court backs healthcare law in vindication for Obama
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This Just In:
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare 5-4
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare 5-4
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Adam Winkler / The Huffington Post:
The Roberts Court is Born
The Roberts Court is Born
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John Roberts Saves Us All
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama'S Legacy At Risk After Winning Health-Care Fight
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High Court Backs Obama on Health Law
High Court Backs Obama on Health Law
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health-care law
Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health-care law
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CNN:
Obama: Supreme Court decision is a ‘victory’
Obama: Supreme Court decision is a ‘victory’
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Medicaid and the ACA: What's the Deal?
Medicaid and the ACA: What's the Deal?
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Tom Scocca / Slate:
Obama Wins the Battle, Roberts Wins the War
Obama Wins the Battle, Roberts Wins the War
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Henninger: The President That Time Forgot
Henninger: The President That Time Forgot
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Josh Levs / CNN:
What the health care ruling means to you
What the health care ruling means to you
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Curiousindependent / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Losing Battle To Declare Health Care Reform Unconstitutional
Fox's Losing Battle To Declare Health Care Reform Unconstitutional
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Blog chatter: Impeach Roberts
Blog chatter: Impeach Roberts
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Bishops Renew Plea To Congress And Administration To Repair Affordable Care Act
Bishops Renew Plea To Congress And Administration To Repair Affordable Care Act
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Nancy Pelosi / CNN:
Supreme Court upholds entire health care law
Supreme Court upholds entire health care law
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court health care ruling: Win-lose scenarios
Supreme Court health care ruling: Win-lose scenarios
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Do Republicans Really Want Universal Health Care?
Do Republicans Really Want Universal Health Care?
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Ethan Bronner / The Caucus:
Ruling Likely to Prompt Re-evaluation of Roberts
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
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 (in particular, he consistently refers to Justice Ginsburg's opinion as “The Dissent"). Back in May, there were rumors floating …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Romney: 'If We Want to Get Rid of Obamacare, We're Going to Have to Replace President Obama' — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reacted to the Supreme Court's Obamacare decision by saying that, “if we want to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama.”
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Romney: I'll repeal it — Via POLITICO's Ginger Gibson …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Romney In 2007: The Indvididual Mandate Is “Ultimate Conservatism”
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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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, head of the Republican Governors Association, said states should wait until the election before implementing Obamacare in hopes Mitt Romney will win and kill the reforms. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) — Washington Secrets
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Sen. Rand Paul Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling on Obamacare: “This now means we fight every hour …
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TPMDC — Republicans Drop Talk Of Health Care ‘Replace’ — For Now
TPMDC — Republicans Drop Talk Of Health Care ‘Replace’ — For Now
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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 …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Simple Minds — I've just watched Lindsay Graham on Fox saying over and over and over that Obama and every supporter of ACA has to be forced to admit they lied by saying the bill wasn't a massive tax increase. He obviously thinks this is a killer argument that cannot be refuted.
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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‘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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