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Paul Campos / Salon:
Roberts wrote both Obamacare opinions — A Court source tells Salon the chief justice wrote the majority opinion and much of the dissent in the ACA case — This weekend CBS News' Jan Crawford reported that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote in regard to upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The amazing number of people who know nothing about the health-care ruling — One of the most common mistakes made in political reporting is to assume that average voter is following the daily news cycle as closely as we are. He or she isn't. — This Oct. 8, 2010, photo shows the justices …
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Daily Kos, The Maddow Blog, Firedoglake and Poynter
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
The “narrative” of judicial intrigue — NOTE TO READERS: Ordinarily, this blog does not deal in “scoop” journalism, although we have been known to be first on some things. We focus more on what the Court does than on whether the Justices have good manners or like each other, or on what they do in their free time.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Balkinization and emptywheel
Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Liberals fear the John Roberts rebound
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Politico, Mother Jones and SCOTUSblog
ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH — North Carolina General Assembly Officially Dismantles The Racial Justice Act | Today in North Carolina, the Republican-dominated General Assembly overrode Gov. Bev Perdue's (D-NC) veto of the rewritten Racial Justice Act. The landmark legislation allowed North Carolina death row inmates …
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
North Carolina Defunds Planned Parenthood In Midnight Vote, Overriding Veto
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Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmakers override veto of Racial Justice Act revamp
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Los Angeles Times and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
ThinkProgress:
STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions — Republican politicians across the country claim that Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, the widely popular program which makes health insurance available for lower-income Americans, will increase costs for states.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Why Logic Won't Work in the Medicaid Expansion Debate
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Dave Murray / MLive.com:
Gov. Snyder vetoes election bills denounced as ‘voter suppression’ by critics — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed election reform bills that sparked angry protests and cries of voter suppression during committee hearings. — Snyder, in one day doubling the number of bills vetoed during …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The eternal meaning of Independence Day — On July 9, 1858, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas gave a campaign speech to a raucous throng from the balcony of the Tremont Hotel in Chicago. Abraham Lincoln was in the audience when Douglas prepared to speak. Douglas invited Lincoln to come join him on the balcony to watch the speech.
Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Carney: ‘I feel rotten’ about accidental fracking vote — State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake. — Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, says she did not intend to cast the key vote that overrode the governor's veto of the bill.
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John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmaker's mistaken vote puts state on a path toward fracking
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WITN:
Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died, Says Actor Has Been “Laid To Rest” — Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie has confirmed Andy Griffith has died and also released a short statement from the family. — Sheriff Doughtie tells WITN News the family stated that Andy died at seven this morning …
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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Andy Griffith | 1926-2012: Andy Griffith, Actor, Dies at 86
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Taylor Marsh, CBS News and The Maddow Blog
Associated Press:
Anti-abortion amendment a no-go in Ohio — COLUMBUS, Ohio - An anti-abortion group fell short Tuesday in its attempt to gather enough signatures to ask voters this fall to change the state constitution to declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.
Mhigginscbs / CBS Charlotte:
Judge Sentences Woman To Read Bible For Drunk Driving Conviction — ROCK HILL, S.C. (CBS Charlotte) — What would Jesus do? — A South Carolina judge not only sentenced a woman to eight years behind bars for driving drunk, but he also ordered the woman to read the Bible.
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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
Bam: Trend of CO2 emissions falling toward 1991 levels — This is ten different kinds of glorious. — Greenies are always lamenting that we need big government to force humanity to treat the planet with their idea of respect, and bemoaning the toll that prosperity ostensibly takes on the environment.
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Vanity Fair:
Ben Bradlee's 20 Best Verbal or Written Barbs Microsoft's Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant — Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer delivers the keynote address at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, on January 9.
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Guardian, MarketBeat and TechCrunch
The Official Google Blog:
Spring cleaning in summer — Technology creates tremendous opportunities to improve people's lives. But to make the most of them, we need to focus—or we end up doing too much and not having the impact we strive for. So last fall we started a spring clean, and since then we've closed or combined more than 30 products.
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TechCrunch, AllThingsD and Engadget
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Obama camp, super PAC go there on tax evasion — From Obama campaign spokseman Ben LaBolt, on a call with Ohio reporters: … And from Bill Burton, at Priorities: … Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul replied, “President Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney have been proven false time and again.
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CNN, Ballot Box, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Gwen Stefani to Host Fundraiser with Michelle Obama — The No Doubt singer will stage a “Family Day” with the first lady. — If ever there was an organization whose creativity matched Hollywood's, it's the Obama re-election campaign. And just to prove it, Michelle Obama is teaming …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Joe Walsh Blasts Double Amputee's Military Service, Says She's Not A ‘True Hero’ — GOP Rep. Joe Walsh (left) and his Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth (right) — Though he never joined the military himself, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) disparaged his Democratic opponent's military service …
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Fox News:
Do not disturb: Oregon town cancels fireworks to spare sea birds — Town officials in Depoe Bay, Ore., have reportedly announced the cancellation of the annual pre-Independence Day fireworks show on July 3 following pressure from federal wildlife managers who said the noise disrupts sea birds in the area.
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Pirate's Cove
