Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:40 PM ET, March 26, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Health Act Arguments Open With Obstacle From 1867  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday starts three days of hearings on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care overhaul law, an epic clash that could recast the very structure of American government.
RELATED:
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: Moving on to the mandate  —  When Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., commented at the end of Monday's first day of hearings on the health care law, “We'll continue argument on this case tomorrow,” it seemed to have a secondary meaning even if he did not intend it.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza / The Atlantic Online:
How Obamacare Will Be Settled: A Primer on the Commerce Clause  —  As the Supreme Court hears arguments about the individual mandate, a complete look at the history of similar constitutional decisions.  —  Amid rampant speculation over the fate of Obamacare in the Supreme Court …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and The Agonist
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Absolutely everything you need to know about health reform's Supreme Court debut  —  Today's the day.  The Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments as to the constitutionality of various provisions of the Affordable Care Act.  Note that phrase: “Various provisions.”
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Health Law Hearings Open in Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday began three days of epic arguments over the 2010 health care overhaul law with a sort of appetizer — a 90-minute debate over whether the Court yet has the authority to hear the case.
Discussion: Reuters, CNN, TalkLeft, ACS Blog and Truthdig
Washington Wire:
Recap: Obama Health Law at the Supreme Court … The Supreme Court, starting Monday, is hearing three days of arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health overhaul.  A ruling is expected in late June.  On Monday, the justices hear arguments on whether to shelve the entire case until 2014 …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Lugar slams ‘ObamaCare’ from Supreme Court steps in new ad
Discussion: Politico
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Today's Threshold Issue
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Asks Medvedev for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense — ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’  —  SEOUL, South Korea — At the tail end of his 90 minute meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Monday, President Obama said that he would have “more flexibility” …
RELATED:
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama asks Russia for ‘space’ through election  —  SEOUL - President Barack Obama offered a private request Monday to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for some “space” on missile defense ahead of November's elections.  —  “On all these issues, particularly on missile defense, this …
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and Betsy's Page
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama tells Russia he'll have ‘more flexibility’ after election
Discussion: GOP 12, Indecision Forever and Hot Air
CBS News:
NYT reporter: Santorum outburst was for cameras  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) — When presidential hopeful Rick Santorum lost his cool with the press on Sunday, he was playing to the cameras to build support among conservative Republicans, the New York Times reporter who was on the other end …
RELATED:
John Sununu / CNN:
Romney backer: Santorum's ‘lost his discipline’
Discussion: Politico
Al Cardenas / The Daily Caller:
Time for conservatives to unite behind Governor Mitt Romney
Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:
Rick Santorum defends ‘bulls—’ comment
Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos and iOwnTheWorld.com
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:   The Sad End of the Gingrich Campaign
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Rick Finally Wins Catholics; Farewells to Newt Begin
Discussion: Mediaite and LifeNews.com
RELATED:
EURweb:
Witness Says He Saw Trayvon Attack Zimmerman (Video)  —  Scroll down to watch viideo report: … *Here's an interesting turn of events in the Trayvon Martin case.  —  A new witness to the shooting has come forward and claims the 17-year-old did in fact attack George Zimmerman …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Newsy
Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Trayvon Martin Killing Lead Prosecutor Says George Zimmerman Could Walk
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama's health law proving successful  —  Just in time for the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the law's constitutionality this week.  —  This is a political column.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
RELATED:
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
PRESS ADVISORY: ‘Republicans For Mandating Coverage’ Calls On The Supreme Court To Uphold Health Reform
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Tim Mak / Politico:
Rabbit ‘shot’ in strange new Herman Cain video  —  Former presidential candidate Herman Cain released a video Monday involving the depiction of a rabbit that is shot by a rifle after being launched into the air.  —  The graphic scene is supposed to represent “small business under the current tax code,” a young girl narrates.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and DCist
RELATED:
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:   Cain video shows rabbit catapulted, shot
BuzzFeed:
In His Best/Worst Video Yet, Herman Cain Shoots A Bunny
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lobbyists, Guns and Money  —  Florida's now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, sounds crazy — and it is.  And it's tempting to dismiss this law as the work of ignorant yahoos.
Ker Than / National Geographic:
James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive  —  Solo sub dive is deepest ever.  —  The explorer-filmmaker emerges from his sub after returning from Challenger Deep.  —  Ker Than  —  At noon, local time (10 p.m. ET), James Cameron's “vertical torpedo” …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Dogs and Cats Living Together  —  It often happens that when campaign negativity reaches a fever pitch, a candidate will take a small step back from the vitriol and say something like, “My opponent is a nice guy—he's just wrong about everything.”  What they almost never do, however, is say …
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:40 PM ET, March 26, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
John Sweeney / BBC:
Park Romney: Why he turned against the Mormon church
Discussion: The Raw Story and Biased BBC
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
SCOTUS skeptical of idea that mandate is a tax
Discussion: Hot Air and American Spectator
Rebecca Smith / Telegraph:
Elderly dying due to ‘despicable age discrimination in NHS’
Wall Street Journal:
Governor 13.3%  —  Jerry Brown's latest California accomplishment.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Texas Had ‘Fewer Than Five’ Voter Impersonation Cases Over Three Years
Amanda Marcotte / American Prospect:
Mad 21st Century Men
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Feministing
 Earlier Items: 
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Anoka-Hennepin School District Rebuffs Conservative Group's Requests
Eric Bradner / Evansville Courier & Press:
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Robo-call users didn't fair well with voters
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
The First Crack: $270 Billion In Student Loans Are At Least 30 Days Delinquent
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Hit & Run
BuzzFeed:
Can Matt Rhoades Go Big?
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page