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Opinion: Feb. 7, 2011 buzz: Healthcare reform trumps Reagan and football

By Alexandra Le Tellierwriter 
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The buzz for Feb. 7, 2011:

Most viewed | Most commented | Shared on Facebook: Constitutional showdown

Nothing gets the conservative crowd going lately quite like ‘Obamacare.’ Judging from the comments, they didn’t take too kindly to Akhil Reed Amar’s Op-Ed. Starting with his intro…

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Earlier this week, after grading student papers from my Yale Law School class on constitutional law, I began reading federal District Judge Roger Vinson’s recent opinion declaring ‘Obamacare’ unconstitutional. One thing was immediately clear: My students understand the Constitution better than the judge.

Trending on Twitter: Arab cartoonists weigh in from Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt

Meanwhile, Joel Pett’s roundup of cartoons out of the Middle East struck a chord on Twitter.

--Alexandra Le Tellier

Opinion L.A.
Alexandra Le Tellier

Former Los Angeles Times staffer Alexandra Le Tellier was a senior digital editor in the Entertainment and Features sections. She left The Times in 2016. She was previously web editor for the Opinion pages, where she managed the daily web pages and special digital projects. She also oversaw the section’s blog, editing contributing bloggers and writing posts about social, political and cultural issues. Prior to joining Opinion, she was deputy editor of The Times’ entertainment and lifestyle weekly Brand X. She is a native of Los Angeles.

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