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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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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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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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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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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House urges Dems to go on offense on healthcare reform — The White House is encouraging congressional Democrats to go on the offensive after the Supreme Court upheld the president's signature healthcare legislation Thursday, urging members on the campaign trail to …
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Manu Rajuand Jake Sherman / Politico:
The Republican recipe for repeal
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Spike Dolomite Ward / Los Angeles Times:
The court saved my lifeline
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign: It's a penalty, not a tax
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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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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
A Dark Cloud On A Sunny Day
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Did Chief Justice Roberts Change His Vote? Perhaps Not.
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
A Pyrrhic Victory — THE obvious victor in the Supreme Court's …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Modesty and Audacity — Washington is full of arrogant people …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
In Health Ruling, Vindication for Donald Verrilli
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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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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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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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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Morsi Promises to Work for Release of Imprisoned Sheik — CAIRO — President-elect Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood pre-empted the military's choreographed swearing-in ceremony by taking his oath of office a day early in a televised speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters in Tahrir Square on Friday.
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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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Krista Hostetler / Local News:
Former inmate speaks out on being shackled while in labor — North Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — A former inmate, who claims she was shackled while in labor, is suing the Nevada Department of Corrections. — Valerie Nabors, a resident in Clark County, served time at Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center …
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Sterling C. Beard / The Hill:
Freshman Rep. West: Nancy Pelosi ‘somewhat delusional’ — Allen West, a freshman member of the Republican Study Committee, called former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “somewhat delusional” Thursday evening during an interview on Fox News in response to a question from Fox's Patti Ann Browne.
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West: Pelosi is ‘delusional’
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