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12:45 PM ET, September 12, 2014

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Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
Obama's Betrayal of the Constitution  —  BERLIN — PRESIDENT OBAMA's declaration of war against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria marks a decisive break in the American constitutional tradition.  Nothing attempted by his predecessor, George W. Bush, remotely compares in imperial hubris.
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New York Times:
Legal Authority for Fighting ISIS  —  As the Pentagon gears up to expand its fight against ISIS, a fundamentalist Sunni militant group that controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, Congress appears perfectly willing to abdicate one of its most consequential powers: the authority to declare war.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Kerry: ISIS not a ‘war’  —  The United States is not at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.  —  Kerry said the administration's plan to combat ISIS includes “many different things that one doesn't think of normally in context of war” during an interview with CNN.
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
Can Obama Wage War Without Consent of Congress?
Discussion: Politico
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Carolyn Kaster / ABC News:
Sarah Palin's Family Allegedly in Alaska House Party Brawl  —  Sarah Palin and her family were at the center of a lively party last weekend that erupted into a fight, with daughter Bristol Palin allegedly throwing a right hook, a man who says he was a guest at the party told ABC News.
Evan Gahr / The Daily Caller:
James Clyburn Recommends ‘Sexting’ To C-SPAN Caller [VIDEO]  —  Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, recently told a C-SPAN caller that “sexting” is an important tool for organizing voters.  —  Clyburn seemed to confuse basic “texting” with “sexting” …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Clyburn: Key To Getting Out The Dem Vote Is ‘Sexting’ (VIDEO)  —  Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) mixed up “sexting” with “texting” while talking about how to turn out voters for the upcoming November midterm elections.  —  The Daily Caller on Wednesday flagged the third-ranking House Democrat's appearance …
Michael T. Osterholm / New York Times:
What We're Afraid to Say About Ebola  —  MINNEAPOLIS — THE Ebola epidemic in West Africa has the potential to alter history as much as any plague has ever done.  —  There have been more than 4,300 cases and 2,300 deaths over the past six months.  Last week, the World Health Organization warned that …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton tops Democrats in Iowa while Huckabee leads Republicans  —  Washington (CNN) — Hillary Clinton is heading to Iowa as the politician that most Democrats would choose as their 2016 presidential nominee.  —  According to a new CNN/ORC poll, 53% of all registered Democrats contacted …
Politico:
Democrats' whopper of a strategy flop  —  President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies hoped to capitalize on the recent wave of companies ditching the U.S. to slice their tax bill as a populist issue to fire up the progressive base and bash Republicans as slaves to corporate interests.
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Voting rights cases may be headed back to Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision last year eliminating a barrier against voting procedure changes in mostly Southern states came with a caveat: Chief Justice John Roberts warned that the Voting Rights Act still included a …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate blocks campaign finance amendment
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DHS asks stores to watch customers behavior for terrorist signs  —  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his department will be issuing new guidance to retailers this week giving them pointers on how to spot potential terrorists among their customers by looking at what they're buying.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Techdirt
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP congressman calls Cruz remarks to Christian group ‘outrageous and incendiary’  —  Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), a moderate Republican, called remarks made Wednesday by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) at a Christian event “outrageous and incendiary.”  —  In an interview Thursday …
Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times:
Oscar Pistorius convicted of negligent killing, could face jail time  —  South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, who was cleared of murder in the killing of his girlfriend, was convicted Friday on the lesser charge of culpable homicide.  —  Judge Thokozile Masipa accepted the athlete's defense …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Guardian and SBNation.com
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ABC News:
Oscar Pistorius Trial: What Happens After the Verdict Is Read
Discussion: abc7.com and 7online.com
Bill Carter / New York Times:
New Comic to Anchor ‘Update’ on ‘S.N.L.’  —  The new season of “Saturday Night Live” will have a significant change in its cast and its most prominent segment, “Weekend Update.”  —  Michael Che, a comic perhaps best known for his role as a correspondent on Comedy Central's “The Daily Show …
Weekly Standard:
Getting There  —  How to transition from Obamacare to real health care reform  —  Obamacare—or at least the version of it that the president and his advisers currently think they can get away with putting into place—has been upending arrangements and reshuffling the deck in the health system since the beginning of the year.
Discussion: National Review
Ron Bell / Yahoo Global Public Policy:
Shedding Light on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC): Court Findings from Our 2007-2008 Case  —  Today we are pleased to announce the release of more than 1,500 pages of once-secret papers from Yahoo's 2007-2008 challenge to the expansion of U.S. surveillance laws.
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
 
 
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Elections poised to expand ObamaCare
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Bourree Lam / The Atlantic Online:
A Matter of Life and Death: The Danger of an Out-of-Control State
Discussion: ACS Blog
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Watch Each of the Last Four U.S. Presidents Announce That We're Bombing Iraq
Mike Ward / Houston Chronicle:
Abbott: Davis book tour violates state law
Susan Vass / Weekly Standard:
Westlake Lives!  —  Tasty morsels from the late master's larder
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Obama's strategy: Kill ISIS before they kill us
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
NY Daily News:
Obama's uncertain trumpet
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Obama losing the confidence of key parts of the coalition that elected him
John Eligon / New York Times:
Missouri Enacts 72-Hour Wait for Abortion
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court won't release costs of Gitmo camp
Byron Tau / Politico:
Judge strikes down Ohio law on election lies
Discussion: Mediaite