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2:55 PM ET, June 25, 2015

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies  —  The case concerned a central part of the Affordable Care Act, which created marketplaces, known as exchanges, to allow people who lack insurance to shop for health plans.
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama's healthcare legacy sealed  —  The Supreme Court cemented President Barack Obama's signature achievement on Thursday by affirming that the Affordable Care Act intended to help all Americans who need help paying for their insurance.  —  In their 6-3 majority in King v. Burwell …
Ben Zimmer / Language Log:
We'll just have to pass it...  In the majority opinion of King v. Burwell, Chief Justice Roberts had some harsh words for the “inartful drafting” of the Affordable Care Act, which led to the difficulty in interpreting the phrase “an Exchange established by the State.”  Roberts wrote:
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision Is The Biggest Possible Win For The Obama Administration  —  The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell is not simply a victory for the Obama administration — and for the millions of Americans who depend upon the Affordable Care Act for their health coverage.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Amy Fried / Talking Points Memo:
What A Maine Tea Party Battle Tells Us About Obamacare's Future  —  If you want a glimpse of what may happen when the Supreme Court decides the big Obamacare case of the year, King v. Burwell, you might want to take a look up to America's Northeastern corner.  Mainers like to say “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.”
Bloomberg Business:
Victory for Obamacare: 2016 Candidates React  —  It seems clear the justices' ruling will not end the political debate over how Americans obtain and pay for health insurance.  —  The candidates hoping to succeed President Barack Obama reacted on predictably partisan lines following …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia Lashes Out: ‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’  —  In his dissent from the Supreme Court's decision upholding Obamacare subsidies in 34 states, Justice Antonin Scalia accused the six-vote majority of engaging in “interpretive jiggery-pokery.”
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges  —  Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that health insurance consumers can receive federal subsidies regardless of their state's role in running their insurance market, fewer states may stay in the game.
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Rejects Obamacare Lawsuit, Preserving Insurance For Millions  —  WASHINGTON — The latest and possibly the last serious effort to cripple Obamacare through the courts has just failed.  —  On Thursday, for the second time in three years, the Supreme Court rejected a major lawsuit …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama's health care law allows the government to provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance, a sweeping vindication …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
A Big Victory for Obamacare
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
President Obama just won on Obamacare. Big time.
Discussion: Hot Air
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge
Associated Press:
Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:   Huckabee Calls Obamacare Ruling An ‘Out-Of-Control Act Of Judicial Tyranny’
New York Times:
Measuring Health Insurance Subsidies' Success
Discussion: Common Dreams, NBC News and Reuters
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Confederate Flags and Institutional Racism  —  In the wake of the Charleston massacre, there is a rapidly growing consensus sweeping the country to remove the Confederate flag, a relic of racial divisiveness, from civic spaces.  —  Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina has called for its removal from the grounds of that state's capitol.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling  —  Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, with an appeal as an issue-oriented protest vehicle potentially capable of slowing any coronation of the popular front-runner.
John Koblin / New York Times:
Citing Ben Affleck's ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’  —  PBS said on Wednesday that it was postponing a future season of “Finding Your Roots” after an investigation revealed that the actor Ben Affleck pressured producers into leaving out details about an ancestor of his who owned slaves.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Former Advisers Caution Obama on Iran Nuclear Talks  —  Five former members of President Obama's inner circle of Iran advisers have written an open letter expressing concern that a pending accord to stem Iran's nuclear program “may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a ‘good’ agreement” …
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The Charlotte Observer:
East Charlotte church fire being investigated as arson  —  Charlotte firefighters battled an overnight church fire that has closed part of Briar Creek Road Wednesday morning.  Charlotte Fire Department  —  The charred remains of the back left wing of Briar Creek Road Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon, June 24, 2015.
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Detroit Free Press:
Last Slide  —  Famed street artist Shepard Fairey, who visited Detroit last month to create the largest mural of his career, now faces felony charges that he tagged other properties across the city on his own time.  —  A warrant for his arrest was filed in 36th District Court on Friday.
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Michael Jackson moonwalks in clouds during thrilling lightning storm six years after his death  —  GOOCHLAND, Va. — Six years after his untimely death, Michael Jackson made an appearance in the skies over Central Virginia.  The combination of clouds and light created an image that appeared …
 
 
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