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1:20 PM ET, March 28, 2012

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: A lift for the mandate?  —  Analysis  —  The Supreme Court spent 91 minutes Wednesday operating on the assumption that it would strike down the key feature of the new health care law, but may have convinced itself in the end not to do that because of just how hard it would be to decide what to do after that.
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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Obamacare's Supreme Court Disaster  —  Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. should be grateful to the Supreme Court for refusing to allow cameras in the courtroom, because his defense of Obamacare on Tuesday may go down as one of the most spectacular flameouts in the history of the court.
David Frum / david-frum:
Supremes Won't Save GOP From Itself on Obamacare  —  A supporter of President Barack Obama's health care reforms(R) argues with several elderly women who are against the reforms in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC after the morning session March 27, 2012, KAREN BLEIER / AFP / Getty Images
Discussion: 2012 Decoded
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
White House defends embattled solicitor general  —  The White House is coming to the defense of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, whose efforts to defend the president's health care law Tuesday are under attack as a “train wreck” and “The Worst Supreme Court Argument of All Time.”
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Romney Justifies Denying Health Care To People With Pre-Existing Conditions: 'We Can't Play The Game Like That'  —  As Mitt Romney tries to distance himself from Obamacare, he ran into some trouble last night when he got stumped by comedian Jay Leno.  Leno asked Romney what he would do to help people …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
John Roberts Court on trial  —  John Roberts is having his Bush v. Gore moment.  —  If the wily chief justice felt squeamish about leading the Supreme Court into an election-year political maelstrom, that was nowhere on display Tuesday, when the Roberts-led conservative majority signaled …
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Brace yourself for another 5-4 decision  —  Brace yourself for another 5-4 decision... And such a decision would have two consequences: 1) feed the perception that the Supreme Court is as partisan as the other branches, and 2) satisfy no one... Yesterday was a bad day for the mandate …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law  —  Demonstrators pray outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguments over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / March 28, 2012)
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: What will happen to the uninsured?  —  If you want to understand what's really at stake in the battle over Obamacare — as it's playing out before the Supreme Court and in the presidential race, where the GOP contenders are all vowing to repeal it — you need to watch Mitt Romney's appearance on Jay Leno last night.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Place Your Bets on Obamacare
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Roberts will likely vote to strike down Obamacare
Brookings Institute:
The Second Day of the Supreme Court's Hearing on the Health Care Law
Discussion: The New Republic and Paul Krugman
NBC's Garrett Haake / msnbc.com:
Romney cracks jokes, talks policy with Jay Leno
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dem kicked off House floor for ‘hoodie’ in Trayvon Martin protest  —  Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Wednesday morning was asked to leave the House floor after removing his suit jacket to reveal a “hoodie,” then putting the hood of his sweatshirt on his head to protest the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Gets Kicked Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie For Trayvon  —  Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) donned a hoodie and took to the House floor this morning to speak out against the murder of Travyon Martin, but was shouted down and removed from the floor by the Republican speaker pro tem …
Fox News:
Elderly couple forced out of home after tweet claims killer of Trayvon Martin lives there  —  SANFORD, FLA - An elderly Florida couple have been forced to move into a hotel after their home address was wrongly tweeted as belonging to the man who shot teen Trayvon Martin.
Fox News:
Media Matters writer ‘sorry’ after blasting Drudge for Martin photo
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rep. Waters: ‘Stiff evidence’ death of Trayvon Martin a hate crime
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Weasel Zippers
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Is There A Black Upper Class Bubble
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Record Number See Romney Negatively; Obama Outpaces Him in Popularity  —  Mitt Romney trails Barack Obama by 19 points in basic popularity as the 2012 presidential contest inches closer to the main event, with a record 50 percent of Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll now rating Romney unfavorably overall.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama receives low marks on efforts to reduce gas prices
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Romney's negatives hit new high, poll finds
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Newt Gingrich cuts staff, aims at Tampa  —  Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign's full-time staff, and has replaced his manager as part of what aides are calling a “big-choice convention” strategy, communications director Joe DeSantis told POLITICO.
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Tom Fontaine / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Santorum slips in Pennsylvania, survey finds  —  Rick Santorum appeared to be the Republican presidential candidate to beat in Pennsylvania a month ago.  —  With the state primary four weeks away, Santorum now finds himself nearly tied with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among …
Stephanie Cutter / CNN:
Top Obama aide calls GOP charges ‘despicable’
Discussion: The Hill
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CNN:
Memos reveal strategy against gay marriage
Discussion: southernstudies.org
hrw.org:
“I Had To Run Away”  —  The Imprisonment of Women and Girls for “Moral Crimes” in Afghanistan  —  This 120-page report is based on 58 interviews conducted in three prisons and three juvenile detention facilities with women and girls accused of “moral crimes.”
 
 
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Kevin Russell / SCOTUSblog:
First severability argument update
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Why Republicans Aren't Rushing To Endorse Romney
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Bloomberg:
About Peter R Orszag  —  No Revenue Means Steep Social Security Cuts Under Romney
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