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Amy Davidson / News Desk:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hero — I am glad that John Roberts, the Chief Justice, voted to uphold almost all of the Affordable Care Act. But the stance of humble gratitude toward Roberts that's been assumed by many in the past day is beginning to be a bit much.
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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Common Sense: Health Care Won, but Congress May Have Lost — With the landmark Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, conservatives and libertarians lost their legal battle to overturn the Obama administration's signature health care legislation. But they may have won a bigger war.
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JustOneMinute and CNN
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
A Dark Cloud On A Sunny Day
A Dark Cloud On A Sunny Day
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The Moderate Voice, naked capitalism and Suburban Guerrilla
New York Post:
It's on to November
It's on to November
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American Power, TAX POLITICS, The Other McCain and Outside the Beltway
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
A Pyrrhic Victory — THE obvious victor in the Supreme Court's …
A Pyrrhic Victory — THE obvious victor in the Supreme Court's …
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BLACKFIVE, Washington Post, The Volokh Conspiracy, At War, Runnin' Scared, Wall Street Journal and No More Mister Nice Blog
Mark Walsh / ABA Journal Daily News:
SCOTUS Notebook: A Minute-by-Minute Account from Inside the Courtroom on the Big Day
SCOTUS Notebook: A Minute-by-Minute Account from Inside the Courtroom on the Big Day
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Newshoggers.com, Scope Blog and Althouse
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Health Care Overhaul Is Still No Hit With Public — WASHINGTON — On the day President Obama took the final step in turning the Affordable Care Act into law, his senior adviser, David Axelrod, predicted the public would eventually embrace his ambitious effort at health care reform.
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
White House Statement on Obamacare Mandate Tax Contradicts Supreme Court Ruling — (CNSNews.com) - The White House said Friday that the Obamacare insurance mandate tax is a penalty for not having insurance - a statement that directly contradicts what the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Nick Summers / The Daily Beast:
New Poll: Voters Dislike Supreme Court's Obamacare Ruling — By a 50-45 margin, voters disapprove of the court's decision, a Newsweek/Daily Beast poll finds. — Voters are reacting in broadly negative ways to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the legislation known as Obamacare …
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Weekly Standard
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House urges Dems to go on offense on healthcare reform
White House urges Dems to go on offense on healthcare reform
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Spike Dolomite Ward / Los Angeles Times:
The court saved my lifeline
The court saved my lifeline
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The Moderate Voice, CBS News, Daily Kos and Washington Post
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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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mississippi Tea Party Chairman Calls For Open Rebellion Against Federal Government After Obamacare Ruling — Of all the right-wing meltdowns following yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, this statement put out by the chairman …
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The Huffington Post and The Raw Story
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
For Opponents of Health Care Law, No Easy Road to Repeal — WASHINGTON — Minutes after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold most of the health care law, Congressional Republicans vowed to use every ounce of their legislative muscle to repeal it on their own. — The court's ruling that Congress …
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Manu Rajuand Jake Sherman / Politico:
The Republican recipe for repeal
The Republican recipe for repeal
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Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
Obama Contributor, Who Helped Enact Assault-Weapons Ban, Ran ‘Fast and Furious’ — (CNSNews.com) - Dennis K. Burke, who as a lawyer for the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1990s was a key player behind the enactment of the 1994 assault-weapons ban, and who then went …
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Ask Supreme Court to Review DOMA Case — The Republican-led House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today mailed its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the May 31 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that the federal definition …
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Associated Press:
Obama administration considers turning Taliban detainees over to Afghanistan — The Obama administration is considering a new gambit to restart peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan that would send several Taliban detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba …
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Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Border Patrol union blasts Homeland Security instructions to ‘run away’ and ‘hide’ from gunmen — A pocket card handed out to Homeland Security employees in April detailing how they should handle an “active shooter” situation. — Border Patrol agents in Arizona are blasting their bosses for telling them …
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The Jawa Report
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Friday night news dump: White House salaries edition — The White House released its annual report to Congress on staff salaries. At 4:39 p.m. on Friday. — A quick review found the White House payroll appears to have grown since last year, going from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8 million in 2012.
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Eric Lach / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Texas GOP's 2012 Platform Opposes Teaching Of ‘Critical Thinking Skills’ — The Republican Party of Texas' recently adopted 2012 platform contains a plank that opposes the teaching of “critical thinking skills” in schools. The party says it was a mistake …
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Daily Kos, Colorlines and Taking Note
Associated Press:
Egypt leader Mohammed Morsi vows to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, infamous blind sheik jailed in U.S. — The Arab Spring — (AP) CAIRO - In his first public speech addressing tens of thousands of mostly Islamist supporters, Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheik jailed …
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The PJ Tatler
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Morsi Promises to Work for Release of Imprisoned Sheik
Morsi Promises to Work for Release of Imprisoned Sheik
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