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Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Why Roberts Did It — It's the judiciary's Nixon-to-China: Chief Justice John Roberts joins the liberal wing of the Supreme Court and upholds the constitutionality of Obamacare. How? By pulling off one of the great constitutional finesses of all time. He managed to uphold …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Real Winners — So the Supreme Court — defying many expectations — upheld the Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare. There will, no doubt, be many headlines declaring this a big victory for President Obama, which it is. But the real winners are ordinary Americans — people like you.
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
A Pyrrhic Victory — THE obvious victor in the Supreme Court's health care decision was President Obama, who risked vast amounts of political capital to pass the Affordable Care Act. A somewhat more subtle victor, but equally important, was the rule of law more generally …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Conservatives' consolation prize — Conservatives won a substantial victory Thursday. The physics of American politics — actions provoking reactions — continues to move the crucial debate, about the nature of the American regime, toward conservatism. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has served this cause.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Modesty and Audacity — Washington is full of arrogant people who grab power whenever they get the chance. But there is at least one modest minimalist in town, and that's John Roberts Jr. — In his remarkable health care opinion Thursday, the chief justice of the Supreme Court restrained the power of his own institution.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Roberts Rules — The Chief Justice rewrites ObamaCare in order to save it. — Thursday was destined to be an historic day for American liberty, and it was, though the new precedent is grim. The remarkable decision upholding the Affordable Care Act is shot through with confusion …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
In Health Ruling, Vindication for Donald Verrilli
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Todd Gregory / Media Matters for America:
Drudge Smears Justice Roberts Over His Seizures
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ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Claim Roberts Upheld Obamacare Because Of ‘Cognitive Problems’ Due To Epilepsy Medication
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Roberts's Ruling Took Guts
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Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Glenn Beck Sells Tee Shirts Calling John Roberts A ‘Coward’
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Issue Split Decision on Healthcare Ruling — Nearly two-thirds believe politics played too great a role — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are sharply divided over Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the 2010 healthcare law, with 46% agreeing and 46% disagreeing with the high court's ruling that the law is constitutional.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney raises $4.3M after health ruling — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has raised $4.3 million since the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's healthcare law is constitutional. — Romney started raising funds immediately after the decision, and in a message to supporters Friday morning …
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Filibuster Won't Save ObamaCare From President Romney … - Saletan: How Fast Can Republicans Read? The Conflicting Evidence. — Magic Mike Is Soderbergh's Most Fun Movie Since Ocean's Eleven — Why Did Roberts Do It? To Save the Supreme Court.
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign: We've outraised Romney
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney, Surprised By Health Care Decision, Pivots To Tax Attack
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Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
High court gives GOP new weapon on taxes
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New York Times:
States Face a Challenge to Meet Health Law's Deadline
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Don't Often Name Healthcare as Top U.S. Problem
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J.D. Heyman / People.com:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Divorcing — After five years of marriage, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting a divorce, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. — “This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” says Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe.
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Darrell Issa Puts Details of Secret Wiretap Applications in Congressional Record — In the midst of a fiery floor debate over contempt proceedings for Attorney General Eric Holder, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quietly dropped a bombshell letter into the Congressional Record.
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Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Conservatives Find A Way To Blame Obama For Monster Colorado Wildfire — While Colorado burns, conservatives have looked for ways to blame it on President Obama. — Some of the same people who have bashed the president as a big government, big spending liberal …
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Michelle Malkin:
Exclusive: When did the Waldo Canyon Fire start, and when did the feds know it? — As you know, my family and I were evacuated Saturday afternoon on June 23 along with 11,000 other West side/Manitou Springs residents when the Waldo Canyon Fire erupted. According to the Colorado Springs …
BuzzFeed:
O'Malley On The GOP: “Only Health Care Mandate They Embrace Are Trans-Vaginal Probes” — The Maryland governor suggests Republicans would prefer to secede. — Image by Susan Walsh / AP — Martin O'Malley, the Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, went off on his Republican colleagues …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Medicaid Expansion Rejection Would Particularly Impact People of Color
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney ad features Hillary Clinton: ‘Shame on you, Barack Obama’ — Mitt Romney's campaign has quietly begun airing a TV ad in Ohio that uses an old clip of Hillary Clinton to blast President Barack Obama. — The ad pulls footage of the 2008 primary campaign, when Clinton …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Congress passes highway funds, extends lower student loan rate — Congress on Friday approved legislation that will extend federal highway programs through 2014, a low interest rate on student loans for one year, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years.
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TMZ.com:
Alec Baldwin — EXPLODES on Another Photog — EXPLODES — on Another Photog — Alec Baldwin got physical with ANOTHER photog in New York City moments ago ... verbally blasting the guy in the middle of the street, squeezing his arm and ordering him to scram.
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