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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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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msnbc.com:
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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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.
Rand Paul:
Sen. Paul Statement on Obamacare Ruling — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare, Sen. Rand Paul offered the following statement: — “Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be ‘constitutional’ does not make it so.
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Adam Winkler / The Huffington Post:
The Roberts Court is Born
The Roberts Court is Born
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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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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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The White House:
The Affordable Care Act is helping millions of Americans like you.
The Affordable Care Act is helping millions of Americans like you.
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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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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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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
POTUS First Learned Erroneous News on Court Decision from Cable TV
POTUS First Learned Erroneous News on Court Decision from Cable TV
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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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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Medicaid and the ACA: What's the Deal?
Medicaid and the ACA: What's the Deal?
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Wall Street Journal:
Henninger: The President That Time Forgot
Henninger: The President That Time Forgot
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Wall Street Journal:
High Court Backs Obama on Health Law
High Court Backs Obama on Health Law
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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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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama'S Legacy At Risk After Winning Health-Care Fight
usccb.org:
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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CNN:
Obama: Supreme Court decision is a ‘victory’
Obama: Supreme Court decision is a ‘victory’
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
The mandate is constitutional: In Plain English
The mandate is constitutional: In Plain English
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Fox News Releases Statement After Initially Reporting Individual Mandate Was ‘Gone’
Fox News Releases Statement After Initially Reporting Individual Mandate Was ‘Gone’
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Mandate upheld: what now? — After months and months of focusing …
Mandate upheld: what now? — After months and months of focusing …
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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Romney: 'If We Want to Get Rid of Obamacare, We're Going to Have to Replace President Obama'
Romney: 'If We Want to Get Rid of Obamacare, We're Going to Have to Replace President Obama'
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney: I'll repeal it — Via POLITICO's Ginger Gibson …
Romney: I'll repeal it — Via POLITICO's Ginger Gibson …
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Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge
Romney reacts to health care ruling, renews repeal pledge
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Repeal Is a Fantasy — Republican presidential candidate Mitt …
Repeal Is a Fantasy — Republican presidential candidate Mitt …
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Republicans Drop Talk Of Health Care ‘Replace’ — For Now
TPMDC — Republicans Drop Talk Of Health Care ‘Replace’ — For Now
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Romney In 2007: The Indvididual Mandate Is “Ultimate Conservatism”
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 …
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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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 …
Tom Curry / msnbc.com:
SCOTUS strikes down Stolen Valor Act — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a federal law called the Stolen Valor Act which prohibits a person from falsely claiming that he has been awarded a military honor. — The case involved Xavier Alvarez who was an elected member …
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Tejinder Singh / SCOTUSblog:
Court Holds Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional, dismisses First American Financial v. Edwards
Court Holds Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional, dismisses First American Financial v. Edwards
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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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