While Obamacare supporters dominated the demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, government lawyers inside were run through a gauntlet of sharp questions.

Opponents of the controversial health-care law felt bullish about the second day of oral arguments at the high court.

"We're pleased with the questions the justices have been asking," said Pam Bondi, attorney general of Florida, which is leading 26 states in challenging the law.

With an investigation under way into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and a legislative task force in the wings, a requested special session on the "Stand Your Ground" law isnt going to be an immediate priority for state leaders.

Spokespeople for Gov. Rick Scott and Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R- Merritt Island, said Tuesday that as facts about the Feb. 26 shooting continue to roll out, state and federal investigators should be allowed to first complete their work.

In the aftermath of a botched local vote, Palm Beach County's supervisor of elections is looking at a tough re-election run of her own.

Susan Bucher is feeling heat from the Republican Party and a Democratic rival who announced he would challenge her for the job this fall.

"There's a profound lack of confidence on our side that goes beyond the Wellington elections. People on my Republican Executive Committee are absolutely convinced Susan has a political agenda for this November," said Palm Beach County GOP Chairman Sid Dinerstein.

Theres a fight for the right as the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination -- Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum -- continue to try to woo over conservatives and bash each others conservative credentials.

Economic development leaders in Florida announced Tuesday that 400 jobs could be coming to Florida through a company from India landing in Gainesville -- and the expansion of an existing business in northern Palm Beach County.

MindTree Limited, a global information technology company based in Bangalore, India, and Warren, N.J., has unfolded plans to open its first U.S. development center in Gainesville. Meanwhile, Sikorsky Aircraft is going to expand its footprint west of Jupiter.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up appeals of four Florida lawsuits that will force R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay tens of millions of dollars to the families of dead smokers.

The cases, part of a flood of tobacco litigation moving through Florida's courts, were the first of their kind to reach the Supreme Court. One of the cases involved a $28.3 million judgment in an Escambia County case, while another totaled $15.75 million in an Alachua County case.

Barack Obama's statement that the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy that cries out for a more thorough investigation was the right and necessary thing to say.

The Florida House, in an anticipated vote mostly along party lines, will send the Senates map of new voting districts back to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, where Democrats contend the proposal will again be rejected.

With the daily cost of the extraordinary special session estimated about $40,000, leaders of both parties have discussed holding both the second and final full floor votes on the Senate map in a single day on Tuesday.

A coalition of 86 tea party groups around Florida is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to veto four bills passed by the 2012 Legislature, including one authorizing the creation of a freestanding Polytechnic University.

Saying the bills "violate our principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility," the Tea Party Network, in a letter to Scott, targeted:

With public support for Obamacare flat-lining, the president's signature legislation faces round two of a three-day hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

A CBS/New York Times poll released Monday showed that just 36 percent of Americans "strongly" or "somewhat" support the law. Other public opinion polls have consistently found a majority opposing the health-care initiative passed by Congress two years ago.

Oral arguments at the high court Monday revolved around an "anti-injunction act" that bars judges from ruling on taxes until those levies have been collected.