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Jake Sherman / Politico:
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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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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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
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.
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 …
Tim Mak / Politico:
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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Tom Scocca / Slate:
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 …
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Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
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 …
Eric Kleefeld / Livewire:
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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New York Times:
Victory for Obama, but Ruling Limits Medicaid Provision — 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 the court's four more liberal members.
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Rush Limbaugh:
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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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
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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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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Dylan Byers / Politico:
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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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling
For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare
GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: SCOTUS is a ‘death panel’
Rush Limbaugh: SCOTUS is a ‘death panel’
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Adam Winkler / The Huffington Post:
The Roberts Court is Born
The Roberts Court is Born
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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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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
What Did SCOTUS Just Do? — Was today's Supreme Court Obamacare …
What Did SCOTUS Just Do? — Was today's Supreme Court Obamacare …
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Reuters:
Health care ruling: GOPers pounce on SCOTUS tax talk
Health care ruling: GOPers pounce on SCOTUS tax talk
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Radicalism (And Hackery) of the Health Care Cases Dissenters
The Radicalism (And Hackery) of the Health Care Cases Dissenters
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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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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Conservative Republicans Turn On Former Hero, Chief Justice John Roberts
Conservative Republicans Turn On Former Hero, Chief Justice John Roberts
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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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Lawrence Solum / Legal Theory Blog:
The Decision to Uphold the Mandate as Tax Represents a Gestalt Shift in Constitutional Law
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The political genius of John Roberts
The political genius of John Roberts
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Republicans Will Soon Stop Talking about Health Care
Republicans Will Soon Stop Talking about Health Care
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Scott Wong / Politico:
Rand Paul: ‘Obamacare’ is still unconstitutional
Rand Paul: ‘Obamacare’ is still unconstitutional
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Los Angeles Times:
Dems ‘ecstatic,’ GOP vows fight as court upholds healthcare law
Dems ‘ecstatic,’ GOP vows fight as court upholds healthcare law
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CNN:
Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge
Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge
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Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
Sen. Rand Paul Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling on Obamacare: “This now means we fight every hour …
Sen. Rand Paul Reacts to SCOTUS Ruling on Obamacare: “This now means we fight every hour …
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Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
How far the four dissenters were willing to go
How far the four dissenters were willing to go
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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 http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/ 2012/06/evidence-that-the-votes-shifted - after-conference-initial-vote …
BuzzFeed:
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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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
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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John Bresnahanand Tomer Ovadia / Politico:
Democrats plan mass walkout during contempt vote
Democrats plan mass walkout during contempt vote
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Tom Gantert / Michigan Capitol Confidential:
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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DealBook:
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 …