Following Health Ruling, SCOTUSblog Shines

A blog devoted to following Supreme Court news saw a record surge in traffic Thursday, and tied with major news outlets in correctly reporting news on the health-care ruling. Publisher Tom Goldstein joins digits to discuss. Photo: AP.

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... I ... that was to her and call yesterday when the Supreme Court itself rolled on ... a bomb is health care law and in between a media circus that was a little longer back to school this causes blood ... and an attracted attention from anyone who was anyone and a lot of people and we ... the publisher about Loeb's Tom Goldstein he joins us now from Washington DC aam Tom thank you very much for joining us today ... 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