Morning

++Linda Greenhouse ,the SCOTUS reporter for the New York Times, outlines why the Court ruling for the plaintiffs in the case against Obamacare subsidies violates every right-wing view of "literalism" and other constitutional hijinks. She argues that a ruling for the plaintiffs would be radical and push a lot of issues into no-man's land. Like many court observers, she notes that when ACA was upheld but with the proviso that states could opt out of the federal exchange no one ever thought and the law usually doesn't permit that individuals be penalized for that option. Others have argued that the sheer numbers affected by a negative decision will influence Roberts.

++The testimony from one of the "hijackers" in 9-11 that the Saudis bankrolled Al Qaeda and the 9-11 plot has again brought the section on Saudi financing from the 9/11 Report to a head. The New York Times puts this section of the 9-11 report front page. The plaintiffs in the case about Saudi liability in the 9-11 case want the section of the report de-classified for their argument. 

++A Federal judge is asking why the Pentagon is stalling on the release of the thousands of torture photographs that Leon Panetta had argued were a threat to national security. Good question. The ACLU has been per suing this case to the bitter end.

++Fox News is being hammered by the Guardian for showing the ISIS video of the Jordanian pilot being burned to death. The Guardian notes that ISIS is using the Fox News clip in all their social media.

++No, the Jordanian King did not fly jets to bomb Isis but he has struck out with multiple bombing runs. What people don't get and you won't read in the States was that the pilot came from an important tribe in northern Jordan so the reaction was intense.

++The UN reports that ISIS has been killing children and crucifying them. The religious leaders across the Sunni Moslem world have denounced all this and the burning to death of the Jordanian pilot as "un-Islamic". 

++President Obama spoke today at the National Prayer Day of why we have separation of church and state and why when someone proclaims their religion in the United States it is more honest and genuine than if they did this in a Theocratic state. 

++The Tennessee Senate began their session with a fundamentalist Christian prayer for God to abolish medicaid expansion in the state.

++Judge Moore of Alabama , Mr. Ten Commandments, has sent a letter instructing judges not to marry same sex couples. The Southern Poverty Legal Center has filed an ethics complaint against the Judge.

++Our Surgeon General has been appearing everywhere urging everyone to get vaccinated. And he lets on that marijuana can help certain medical conditions.

++The new theme about how President Obama is making us weaker is that he is desperate for an Iranian deal and will settle for a weak one. Conservative newspapers quote as their authors the Revolutionary Guard Commanders of Iran. They also bring back a quote from Khamenei from a few months ago that Iran must prepare a "resistance economy" for the prospects of increased sanctions. Meanwhile, Democratic congress critters leaked to the AP how they read Israeli Ambassador Dermer the riot act on the Bibi-Boehner stunt.

++Senator Corker sought of let the end game on Iran out of the bag. He said it is unlikely there will be a deal and that leaving the interim deal in place would suffice for now.