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TheDC Morning: Feds may have to bail out Detroit for a second time - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news

Support for Obamacare drops

| Rep. Phil Roe

Support for Obamacare has fallen in the wake of Judge Henry Hudson’s ruling that the individual mandate is unconstitutional.

Government by Commerce Clause

| William J. Watkins, Jr.

Will U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson have the courage to oppose the unlimited power claimed by our current leaders?

Courts halt Smart case - Salt Lake Tribune

| Pat McMahon

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals granted the defense’s request for a change of venue today, temporally halting the trial Brian David Mitchell, who is being charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart eight years ago

LimeWire ordered to shut down permanently - WSJ

| interns

Everyone will now have to turn to one of the 50 million other file-sharing sites

Judge tentatively rejects 'don't ask, don't tell' stay request - LAT

| interns

The ruling ordered an end to all discharge proceedings under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but did not prohibit the military from crafting a new policy

TheDC Analysis: Offshore drilling moratorium's end is way overdue - TheDC

| Vince Coglianese

Botched government handling of BP oil leak marked by misguided drilling ban’s very existence

Border Wars Weekly - The DC

| interns

A weekly round up of news surrounding the US and Mexico border

Border wars weekly: Rounding up the news - The DC

| interns

A weekly review of major news surrounding the U.S. and Mexican border

Judge: Cheerleading is not a college sport - AP

| admin

Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in Connecticut

District judge finds DOMA unconstitutional - AP

| admin

Judge Joseph Tauro rules in favor of two separate challenges to the federal ban on gay marriage, saying the right to define marriage lies with the states

School district 'not guilty' of discrimination - PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS

| Jeff Winkler (admin)

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Lower Merion School District did not discriminate against nine black students from South Ardmore because of their race when it adopted a redistricting plan in January 2009

LimeWire liable for $1 billion worth of damages - WIRED

| interns

The record labels have told a federal judge LimeWire is liable for possibly ‘over a billion dollars’

Judge sells investments to avoid oil spill conflict - Bloomberg

| Jeff Winkler (admin)

Six of 12 active judges assigned to the federal judicial district based in New Orleans already have removed themselves from spill-damage lawsuits, according to a court official and public records

KKK leader murders new recruit - Telegraph

| interns

In courtroom, teary leader asks victim’s mother for forgiveness

Jury convicts Palin e-mail hacker - AP

| admin

The son of a Democratic TN lawmaker convicted on two charges in the hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account in 2008

'I would like the firing squad, please' - CNN

| interns

A Utah judge signed a death warrant Friday allowing the state to execute Ronnie Lee Gardner using a five-man firing squad, a spokeswoman for the Utah’s state court system said

NY judge delivers another blow to ACORN - AP

| admin

Ruling temporarily halts District Judge’s ruling that funding cutoff was unconstitutional

Judge denies Blagojevich's trial delay request - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

| interns

There will be no delay in the trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a federal judge said today

House votes to impeach Louisiana judge - ASSOCIATED PRESS

| interns

The House has voted to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana, District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., whom they charged with a long-standing pattern of corruption