President Obama speaks out on the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Is it right for a president to weigh in on a federal investigation? Listen in as Robert Scheer, Warren Olney and Shawn Steel take a crack at this question on “Left, Right & Center.” Also up for discussion this week: Mitt “Etch-A-Sketch” Romney, SCOTUS gets ready to give its Obamacare diagnosis and the military charges U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales with murder in the killings of 17 Afghan civilians. –KA

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