memeorandum: Gov. Huckabee blasts Supreme Court, calls ObamaCare ruling “judicial tyranny” (Governor Mike Huckabee/Mike Huckabee …)

3:20 PM ET, June 25, 2015

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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 …

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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:

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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.

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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.”

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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 …

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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.

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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.”

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 …

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Politico:
Anti-Obamacare senator braces for court ruling

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
A Big Victory for Obamacare

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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Upholds Nationwide Obamacare Subsidies

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
President Obama just won on Obamacare. Big time.

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies

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Associated Press:
Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias

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Governor Mike Huckabee / Mike Huckabee for President:
Gov. Huckabee blasts Supreme Court, calls ObamaCare ruling “judicial tyranny”

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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

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Tasos Lazarides / Touch Arcade:

Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag — If you've been watching the news recently, you'll know of the huge debate in the U.S over the role of the Confederate flag in contemporary America. Many see it as a reminder …

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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
A Welcome Tipping Point for Republicans and the Confederate Flag

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Louis Farrakhan : “They Don't Give a Damn About Them 9″

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Ian Hanchett / BREITBART.COM:
Farrakhan: I Don't Get Debate Over Confederate Flag, ‘We Need to Put the American Flag Down’

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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.

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start

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Univision PR / KABE-LP:

Statement from the Entertainment Division of Univision Communications Inc. on June 25, 2015 — PRESS > PRESS > PRESS RELEASES > STATEMENT FROM THE ENTERTAINM... Today, the entertainment division of Univision Communications Inc. announced that it is ending the Company's business relationship …

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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Trump Dumped! Univision Drops Miss USA Pageant Over Mexican Immigrant Remarks

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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.

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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 …

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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Dedrick Russell / WBTV-TV:
Was church fire a hate crime? Pastor says culprit already forgiven

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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.

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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 Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
Public Statement on U.S. Policy Toward the Iran Nuclear Negotiations

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Sasha Bogursky / Fox News:

Jep and Jessica Robertson: Bobby Jindal is our pick for president — Governor Bobby Jindal has at least two votes already. — Jep and Jessica Robertson told FOX411 the Louisiana governor, who announced his run Wednesday, is their pick for president. — “I definitely would vote for him he's a very …

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