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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hooray for Obamacare — Was I on the edge of my seat, waiting for the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare subsidies? No — I was pacing the room, too nervous to sit, worried that the court would use one sloppily worded sentence to deprive millions of health insurance …
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New York Magazine, Politico, Daily Kos, Washington Post and Bloomberg View
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Gay Marriage Upheld by Supreme Court in Close Ruling — WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage. — The 5-to-4 decision, the culmination of decades …
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Wall Street Journal, Political Wire and Prairie Weather
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Roberts Court's Reality Check — Sometimes the Supreme Court moves in mysterious ways. The health care decision was not one of those times. — A case that six months ago seemed to offer the court's conservatives a low-risk opportunity to accomplish what they almost did in 2012 …
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Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist and Prairie Weather
George F. Will / Washington Post:
On Obamacare, John Roberts helps overthrow the Constitution — Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (Larry Downing/Reuters) — Conservatives are dismayed about the Supreme Court's complicity in rewriting the Affordable Care Act — its ratification of the IRS's disregard of the statute's plain and purposeful language.
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Cato Institute, SCOTUSblog, Cafe Hayek, Hit & Run, RH Reality Check and New York Times
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Doom for a Cynical Assault on Obamacare — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act, starting with President Barack Obama, have generally taken the high road in response to Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the heart of the law. Graciousness in victory is, perhaps, its own reward.
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The Huffington Post, SCOTUSblog, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, Prairie Weather and ThinkProgress
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
House bill would force the Supreme Court to enroll in ObamaCare — A House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and their staff to enroll in ObamaCare. — Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules gay couples nationwide have a right to marry — The Supreme Court on Friday delivered an historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5-4 that the Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live and that states may no longer reserve the right only for heterosexual couples.
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Progress Pond and The Agonist
The Hill:
Supreme Court ruling legalizes same-sex marriage — The Supreme Court in an historic 5-4 ruling on Friday said there is a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states, delivering a monumental win for gay rights across the country. — Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the swing vote on the court …
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Yahoo Politics:
Supreme Court affirms right to gay marriage — The Supreme Court has found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, striking down bans in 14 states and handing a historic victory to the gay rights movement that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago.
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Outside the Beltway and Politico
Wayne Root / TheBlaze.com:
Was Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Blackmailed?
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Washington Post, alicublog, The Last Tradition, The Week, Guardian, The PJ Tatler and US News
Matt K. Lewis / The Week:
How John Roberts abandoned conservatives
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Hit & Run, The Federalist, The Daily Caller and Advocate
Erin Mershon / Politico:
Republican lawmaker introduces ‘SCOTUScare Act’
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The New Republic, ACASignups.net and The PJ Tatler
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Yet Again, A Scalia Dissent Is Used Against Him
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Terrorist Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait Kill Dozens — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Terrorists attacked sites in France, Tunisia and Kuwait on Friday, leaving a bloody toll on three continents and prompting new concerns about the spreading influence of jihadists.
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Hollande: 1 dead in France terror attack, severed head found with message — Story highlights — London (CNN)[Latest developments] — • French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the suspect arrested had been under surveillance but was not previously involved in terrorist activities.
Bristol Palin:
Big News — I wanted you guys to be the first to know that I am pregnant. — Honestly, I've been trying my hardest to keep my chin up on this one. — At the end of the day there's nothing I can't do with God by my side, and I know I am fully capable of handling anything that is put in front of me with dignity and grace.
Politico:
Trump bump terrifies GOP — Insiders worry the mogul will damage the eventual nominee and hurt a party struggling to connect with women and minorities. — Getty — All jokes aside, the Republican Party is officially afraid of Donald Trump. — He has virtually zero chance of winning the presidential nomination.
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The Reaction
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Tries to Win Without Speaking to His Favorite Strategist — The singular failure of Jeb Bush's political career was his 1994 loss in the Florida governor's race by less than two percentage points. The defeat cast Bush, a rising Republican star, into the political wilderness …
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OnPolitics
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
State Dept. Gets Libya Emails That Hillary Clinton Didn't Hand Over — WASHINGTON — Despite claims by Hillary Rodham Clinton that she provided the State Department with all of her work-related emails from the personal account she used exclusively when she was in office …
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The Week and Daily Mail
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
NBC scolds Donald Trump: ‘We do not agree’ — NBC is scolding Donald Trump. In a rare rebuke of their longtime content partner, NBC released this statement late Thursday: “Donald Trump's opinions do not represent those of NBC, and we do not agree with his positions on a number of issues, including his recent comments on immigration.”
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Miss USA host quits, calls Trump a ‘clown’
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Scared Monkeys, TMZ.com and The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
Armed police investigating French decapitation terror attack swoop on former home of suspected Islamist and remove woman and child … SUICIDE BOMB RIPS THROUGH KUWAITI MOSQUE AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS KILLING AT LEAST 13 WORSHIPPERS AS ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
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