Adding to the chaotic swirl as the Supreme Court announced its decision, CNN beat everyone else to the punch by announcing that the mandate had been thrown out:

As several of our readers noted, the ‘Scalia Freakout‘ ended up being the big tell about this morning’s ruling.

You can read the opinion here.

In case you missed it, both Fox and CNN jumped the gun this morning and reported the Court’s overturning health care reform. Watch.

DeMint calls for unconstitutional state-based nullification to fight ‘Obamacare’.

Strangely appropriate because the doctrine of ‘nullification’ was originated and articulated by another Senator from South Carolina, John C. Calhoun.

John Roberts: “The Commerce Clause is not a general license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave, simply because he will predictably engage in particular transactions.”

In case you missed it: my quick take on this morning’s news and why it matters.

1. Conservatives devastated that Chief Justice Roberts chose path of judicial restraint.

2. According to today’s statement, Mitt Romney supports virtually every provision of ‘Obamacare’ other than the mandate that he pioneered.

Like everyone else, we’re still sifting through the opinions. There’s a lot here to digest, and I should caution while the top-line decision to uphold the mandate is still the big news of the day, how substantial that victory was for proponents of the ACA — and for progressive jurisprudence — is still not clear. There are wrinkles and permutations to these opinions that everyone with a stake in these matters will be dissecting in the hours and days and weeks to come.

Here are the big three so far: Read More

This morning, the Times John Harwood tweeted that “Strategists for Teams Obama/Romney agree: Court ruling is best POLITICAL outcome for Mitt.” He’s one of the best reporters out there. So I have no doubt that is what they think. Moreover, the ordinary laws of political kinetics would suggest this is true. Romney and the Republicans get back ‘Obamacare’ as a big issue for the campaign rather than having the Court take it off the table.

But I don’t buy it. Read More