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NRO Digest

June 29, 2012

Today on National Review Online . . .

RICH LOWRY: John Roberts called a balk, but gave the pitcher a do-over. The Umpire Blinks.

JONAH GOLDBERG: The chief haruspex reads the entrails expediently. Roberts's Ruling Took Guts.

DEROY MURDOCK: This health-care victory will give Obama headaches. A Pyrrhic Victory for Obama.

MICHAEL KNOX BERAN: The chief justice exercised discretion where it was needed. Why Roberts Was Right.

KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI II: The Supreme Court's health-care ruling reaffirmed limits to Congress's authority. Victory in Defeat.

SENATOR RAND PAUL: The American people can correct the Supreme Court's mistake. Obamacare Is Not Constitutional.

SENATOR MIKE LEE: The mandate must now be seen as a tax hike. A Hollow Victory for Obamacare.

GEORGE WILL: The Obamacare decision reaffirmed the Constitution's foundational premise. The Consolation Prize.

MONA CHAREN: The Supreme Court failed to protect the Constitution. Conservatives and the Court.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: November is truly a last chance. Not So Good News . . .

MATTHEW J. FRANCK: The commentary about the chief justice assumes a false dilemma. The Chief Don't Get No Respect.

JENNIFER A. MARSHALL: What about the HHS mandate? Solidarity Against the HHS Mandate, and the Rest of Obamacare's Burdens.

SYMPOSIUM: Obamacare is doomed, sooner or later. What's Next for the Opposition?

HARRY GRAVER: Stockton, Calif. becomes the largest city to file for bankruptcy. Stockton's Rose-Colored Sunglasses.

MICHELLE MALKIN: "If the fire takes out Focus on the Family, then God exists." Dems' Motto: Never Let a Wildfire Go to Waste.

THOMAS SOWELL: The Indian Child Welfare Act doesn't promote child welfare. Legislative Dishonesty.

CLARKE D. FORSYTHE: Twenty years after Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Progress After Casey.

BETWEEN THE COVERS: John J. Miller talks with Jay Cost about his new book. Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic.