Hasta La Gadget!

This week was all about the Supreme Court — and the suddenly surprising John Roberts. First, the Chief Justice guided the court through a split-the-baby decision on Arizona’s immigration law, allowing the noxious “show-your-papers” provision to stand while striking down three others. (Splitting the baby was very much in vogue: see News Corp.) Then came the landmark health care ruling in which Roberts, perhaps mindful of a recent poll showing three-quarters of Americans think he and his fellow justices allow political views to influence their decisions, found a narrow way to uphold Obamacare — a move that left many conservatives fuming, caused Justice Kennedy to accuse Roberts of “vast judicial overreaching,” and prompted Albert Brooks to tweet: “It’s a terrific day in America. I’m gonna go out and get wildly sick.” Much closer to home, we mourned the passing — and celebrated the life — of Nora Ephron (see here, here, here, here, here — and read Nora’s HuffPost posts here).
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