Obama Declares Plans for Iraq, Supreme Court Limits Idea-Based Patents, Ron Paul to Appear in Atlas Shrugged: P.M. Links

• President Barack Obama
  announced that he was dispatching
  300 military “advisers” to Iraq to try to help fight the
  insurgency there, but would not be sending troops to the country.
  He said he’d consider more “targeted” action in the country, so
  watch the skies for drones in Iraq and avoid weddings and
  funerals.
• The
  Supreme Court ruled unanimously in three cases today. One
  afforded a public employee protection from retaliation after
  testifying against his employer, a community college. The court
  also limited the ability for companies to claim a patent for an
  “abstract idea” for software applications.
• Iran has sentenced a professor to 18 months in prison for the
  crime of questioning
  the wisdom of the country’s nuclear program.
• As expected, House Majority Whip
  Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will replace Eric Cantor as majority
  leader.
• A
  march for “traditional marriage” (as in, no gays) drew the
  likes of former Sen. Rick Santorum and former Gov. Mike Huckabee to
  Washington, D.C., but not, apparently, large crowds.
• Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will introduce
  a Senate version of legislation to prohibit the
  Drug Enforcement Administration from going after medical marijuana
  facilities in states that have legalized its use.
• Ron Paul will be appearing in the 
  third chapter of the film adaptation of Atlas
  Shrugged, as will Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

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