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12:40 AM ET, July 4, 2012

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Paul Campos / Salon:

Roberts wrote both Obamacare opinions — A Court source tells Salon the chief justice wrote the majority opinion and much of the dissent in the ACA case — This weekend CBS News' Jan Crawford reported that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote in regard to upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act.

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

The “narrative” of judicial intrigue — NOTE TO READERS: Ordinarily, this blog does not deal in “scoop” journalism, although we have been known to be first on some things. We focus more on what the Court does than on whether the Justices have good manners or like each other, or on what they do in their free time.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, Balkinization and emptywheel

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

The amazing number of people who know nothing about the health-care ruling — One of the most common mistakes made in political reporting is to assume that average voter is following the daily news cycle as closely as we are. He or she isn't. — This Oct. 8, 2010, photo shows the justices …

Discussion: Pew Research Center …, The Maddow Blog, Firedoglake, Poynter and The Caucus

David Brooks / New York Times:

A Choice, Not a Whine — Hostility toward the Supreme Court has risen sharply since Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. upheld the Obama health care law. People are apparently angry that the court didn't rid them of a law they detest. But that's silly. If Americans want to replace this thing, they should do it themselves.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Incidental Economist, NewsBusters.org blogs, Lawyers, Guns & Money, National Review, Washington Post and Washington Wire

Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Liberals fear the John Roberts rebound

Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones and SCOTUSblog

Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:

Carney: ‘I feel rotten’ about accidental fracking vote — State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake. — Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, says she did not intend to cast the key vote that overrode the governor's veto of the bill.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, UrbanGrounds, Wonkette, southernstudies.org, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative, Pirate's Cove and iOwnTheWorld.com

ThinkProgress:

NEWS FLASH — North Carolina General Assembly Officially Dismantles The Racial Justice Act | Today in North Carolina, the Republican-dominated General Assembly overrode Gov. Bev Perdue's (D-NC) veto of the rewritten Racial Justice Act. The landmark legislation allowed North Carolina death row inmates …

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:

North Carolina Defunds Planned Parenthood In Midnight Vote, Overriding Veto … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Planned Parenthood, Video, Bev Perdue, Bev Perdue North Carolina, Bev Perdue Planned Parenthood, Defund Planned Parenthood, North Carolina Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Of Central North Carolina, Slideexpand, Politics News

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice

Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmakers override veto of Racial Justice Act revamp

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Law Blog

John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmaker's mistaken vote puts state on a path toward fracking

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:

Rep. Joe Walsh Blasts Double Amputee's Military Service, Says She's Not A ‘True Hero’ — GOP Rep. Joe Walsh (left) and his Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth (right) — Though he never joined the military himself, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) disparaged his Democratic opponent's military service …

WITN:

Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died, Says Actor Has Been “Laid To Rest” — Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie has confirmed Andy Griffith has died and also released a short statement from the family. — Sheriff Doughtie tells WITN News the family stated that Andy died at seven this morning …

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Boing Boing, TMZ.com, USA Today, The Right Scoop, msnbc.com, www2.wsls.com, E! Online, BBC, The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, Mashable!, Althouse, LewRockwell.com Blog, Gawker and Sister Toldjah

Douglas Martin / New York Times:

Andy Griffith | 1926-2012: Andy Griffith, Actor, Dies at 86 — Andy Griffith, an actor whose folksy Southern manner charmed audiences for more than 50 years on Broadway, in movies, on records and especially on television — most notably as the small-town sheriff on the long-running situation comedy …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Maddow Blog

Celebrity Circuit / CBS News:
Andy Griffith dead at 86

Discussion: Scholars and Rogues, Booman Tribune and The Agitator

Josh Kraushaar / 2012 Decoded:

Romney Campaign Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care — In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the court would be good for Republicans politically, even as it was a serious policy setback for conservatives.

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Team Romney: No, we're not declaring ‘cease-fire’ on Obamacare

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, TheBlaze.com, Hot Air, Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, Wake up America, Mediaite and American Spectator

weaskamerica.com:
Tight in Florida — We continue our “Big Ten” series by heading …

Discussion: Ballot Box and Florida Democracy 2012

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Will Romney Pretend to Have a Health Plan?

Discussion: Hit & Run and Washington Post

Jim Tynen / nccivitas.org:
Civitas Poll: Romney Leads in NC after Court Ruling

Discussion: Business Insider and Weekly Standard

ThinkProgress:

STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions — Republican politicians across the country claim that Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, the widely popular program which makes health insurance available for lower-income Americans, will increase costs for states.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog and PhillyNow

David Dayen / Firedoglake:

Why Logic Won't Work in the Medicaid Expansion Debate — Medicaid matters to the poor (photo: freidmanlynn) — I'm clearly not above wonking out every now and again. And it's worth looking at the facts on the costs of the Medicaid expansion. But before we go that far …

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, emptywheel and Hullabaloo

Keith Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
A Strategy to Undo ObamaCare

Discussion: rooseveltinstitute.org, RedState, Betsy's Page, The Lonely Conservative, National Review, Keith Hennessey and Associated Press

Dave Murray / MLive.com:

Gov. Snyder vetoes election bills denounced as ‘voter suppression’ by critics — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed election reform bills that sparked angry protests and cries of voter suppression during committee hearings. — Snyder, in one day doubling the number of bills vetoed during …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Eric Kleefeld / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Michigan's Republican Governor Vetoes Voter ‘Fraud’ Bills

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Debate Link

Mhigginscbs / CBS Charlotte:

Judge Sentences Woman To Read Bible For Drunk Driving Conviction — ROCK HILL, S.C. (CBS Charlotte) — What would Jesus do? — A South Carolina judge not only sentenced a woman to eight years behind bars for driving drunk, but he also ordered the woman to read the Bible.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Indecision Forever

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Obama camp, super PAC go there on tax evasion — From Obama campaign spokseman Ben LaBolt, on a call with Ohio reporters: … And from Bill Burton, at Priorities: … Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul replied, “President Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney have been proven false time and again.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and Daily Kos

Ari Shapiro / NPR:

Gay Donors Open Wallets On Both Sides Of The Aisle … In politics, money talks. And money from gay and lesbian donors is talking louder than ever in this election cycle. — That's partly a result of President Obama endorsing same-sex marriage, and it's partly because Republicans are starting to see contributions as well.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and Politico

Jerusalem Post:

'Radioactive substance found on Arafat's clothing' — Al Jazeera suggests Palestinian leader may have been poisoned, citing laboratory testing of his personal effects. — Tests performed on former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's personal belongings have revealed that they contained abnormal levels …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Israel Matzav

Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:

Likely Voters: Carter Was a Better President than Obama — According to a Newsweek/Daily Beast poll of likely voters, Barack Obama now rates behind Jimmy Carter in the pantheon of great presidents. The poll asked likely voters to list the two best and the two worst presidents the history of the United States.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Wake up America

Justin Sink / The Hill:

RNC's Priebus on Rep. Allen West ‘slave’ comment: I'm not GOP ‘police officer’ — Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday that he wasn't “the police officer of the Republican party” after being pressed over controversial comments by Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.).

Discussion: CNN

Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:

Gwen Stefani to Host Fundraiser with Michelle Obama — The No Doubt singer will stage a “Family Day” with the first lady. — If ever there was an organization whose creativity matched Hollywood's, it's the Obama re-election campaign. And just to prove it, Michelle Obama is teaming …

Discussion: Reuters and Weasel Zippers

Chris Bragg / City & State:

Sen. Marty Golden Holding Event Teaching The “Feminine Presence” [UPDATED] — Have we stumbled into an episode of Mad Men? — Later this month, Republican State Sen. Marty Golden's office is holding a career-development event for women in his southern Brooklyn district teaching them “Posture, Deportment and the Feminine Presence.”

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Politicker, Runnin' Scared, ThinkProgress, nysenate.gov, Indecision Forever, Joe. My. God., Feministe, Gothamist, The Raw Story and New York Magazine

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:

This US summer is ‘what global warming looks like’ — WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. — Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges.