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4:25 PM ET, March 6, 2006

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court upholds "Solomon Amendment"  —  In a sweeping legal victory for the U.S. military, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Pengtaon recruiters must be assured an equal opportunity with other employers to sign up students at the nation's law schools.
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:
Early Thoughts on Rumsfeld v. FAIR (Commentary)  —  Very preliminary reactions:  —  Notably, in today's unanimous decision the Court does not rely on the Spending Clause, but instead holds that the government could directly impose on schools the requirement of military access.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money and YARGB
Bloomberg:
Military Wins at U.S. High Court on Campus Recruiting (Update1)
Discussion: QandO and TalkLeft
Associated Press:
South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions  —  Legislation sets up court challenge  —  PIERRE, South Dakota (AP) — Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
President Bush losing support among Hoosiers  —  Survey: Bush's approval rating has dropped 18 points in Indiana over the past year  —  Indiana voted twice to elect George W. Bush to the White House, but an Indianapolis Star poll indicates more than half of Hoosiers now disapprove of the job he's doing as president.
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Zogby:
Bush Job Approval: 38%
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Memo to Jon Stewart: Keep Your 'Daily' Job  —  "Crash" was not only the film chosen Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards last night; it was also the sound made by the show itself as, metaphorically speaking, it drove into a wall.  —  It's hard to believe that professional entertainers …
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wral.com:
Suspect In UNC Hit-And-Run Wanted To 'Spread Will Of Allah'  —  Authorities Release 911 Call Made By Mohammed Taheri-azar  —  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A suspect who is accused of hitting students with a sport utility vehicle at the University of North Carolina made his first court appearance Monday.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Church and State
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Athena / Terrorism Unveiled:
BACKGROUND ON MOHAMMED REZA TAHERI-AZAR
Discussion: In the Bullpen and Gates of Vienna
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Taliban Man at Yale  —  University officials are embarrassed—but not embarrassed enough.  —  Are there no limits to how arrogant and out-of-touch America's Ivy League schools can get?  Last week it emerged that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former deputy foreign secretary of the Taliban …
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Clinton W. Taylor / American Spectator:   Taliboola, Taliboola!  —  Yale vs. Harvard is the oldest …
Guardian:
US envoy hints at strike to stop Iran  —  · Bolton says nuclear plant can be 'taken out'  —  · UN agency meets to send report to security council  —  Julian Borger Washington  —  The US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has told British MPs that military action …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Teheran park 'cleansed' of traces from nuclear site
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Civil War is Likely  —  Washington Post-ABC News Poll Finds Sharp Decline in Optimism About Iraq War  —  An overwhelming majority of the public believe fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war and half say the U.S …
Michael Barone / Townhall.com:
Denying al-Qaida  —  The issue is historical now, but still worth exploring.  Why, for two distinct groups of Americans, has it become a matter of conviction held with religious intensity that there cannot have been any relationship between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq?
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Guards Fault Homeland Security Protection  —  WASHINGTON - The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex.  —  The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training …
New York Times:
Kabuki Congress  —  Imagine being stopped for speeding and having the local legislature raise the limit so you won't have to pay the fine.  It sounds absurd, but it's just what is happening to the 28-year-old law that prohibits the president from spying on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.
Vanessa Blum / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami judge refuses to delay sentencing for lobbyist Abramoff  —  MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday refused to delay sentencing 90 days for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff despite statements from government lawyers that sending Abramoff to prison could jeopardize his cooperation in ongoing criminal probes.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Bangla Bhai Arrested in Bangladesh  —  Fresh on the heels of the arrest of Abdur Rahman, Bangladesh nabs the other most wanted terrorist in the country  —  Bangladesh has scored the second high profile arrest of an al-Qaeda linked terrorist in less than a week, and essentially captured …
Atlas Shrugs:
THE BOLTON INTERVIEW  —  What I most admire about John Bolton is his steely demeanor and moral clarity.  His spectacular fortitude in the face of scoundrels, liars, and internationally sanctioned criminals never fails to surprise and delight me.  What was completely unexpected was the other side of Bolton.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Looking Back (and Ahead) With Edwards  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — "Sometimes," says John Edwards, "people need a breather."  He is not talking about himself, although surely he needed one after his brief rocket ride through the upper atmosphere of national politics.
Camille Paglia / New York Times:
Academic, Heal Thyself  —  WHAT went wrong at Harvard?  —  Tomorrow, Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences will meet for the first time since the resignation of the university's president, Lawrence H. Summers, two weeks ago.  The dean of Arts and Sciences, William Kirby, resigned in late January …
 
 
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Greg Sargent / TAPPED:
IT'S ALL ABOUT BUSH'S PERFORMANCE.  In yesterday's Washington Post …
Judd / Think Progress:
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Natan Sharansky / Los Angeles Times:
Does democracy end tyranny?
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Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
When Would Jesus Bolt?  —  Meet Randy Brinson, the advance guard …
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Hollywood's Real Phobia
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Awaiting the Almighty  —  Rudy Giuliani may or may not run for president.
Alex Wong / Newsweek:
Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board?
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