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7:00 PM ET, June 11, 2007

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Orders Enemy Combatant Free by Military  —  In a stinging rejection of one of the Bush administration's central assertions about the scope of executive authority to combat terrorism, a federal appeals court ordered the Pentagon to release a man being held as an enemy combatant.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
President denied authority to detain civilians in U.S.  —  UPDATE at 3:15 p.m. The Justice Department said on Monday that it will ask the full 12-member Fourth Circuit Court to reconsider en banc the panel decision in Al-Marri v. Wright (Circuit docket 06-7427).
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
al-Marri Reactions I — The Hidden Alternative Holding (Surprise — It's About Abusive Interrogation!)  —  The principal merits holding in the court of appeals' opinion today in al-Marri is that Congress has not authorized the indefinite military detention of a person who is (i) …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Federal Court Rules in Favor of 'Enemy Combatant'  —  A federal appeals court today ruled that the U.S. government cannot indefinitely imprison a U.S. resident on suspicion alone, and ordered the military to either charge Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri with his alleged terrorist crimes in a civilian court or release him.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Zinie Chen Sampson / Associated Press:
Court rules in favor of enemy combatant  —  RICHMOND, Va. - The Bush administration cannot use new anti-terrorism laws to keep U.S. residents locked up indefinitely without charging them, a divided federal appeals court said Monday.  —  The ruling was a harsh rebuke of one of the central tools …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Vows to Get Immigration Bill Passed  —  As he heads home from an eight-day European swing to face a hostile Congress, President Bush today lashed out at Democrats for holding a vote of no confidence on his attorney general, and vowed to get his stalled immigration legislation passed, saying, "I'll see you at the bill signing."
Discussion: Brian Beutler and Truthdig
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Leader's Journal releases of democrats:
Americans Have Lost Confidence in the Attorney General  —  Today, every Senator will have the opportunity to go on record and either approve or disapprove of the performance of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.  Gonzales has repeatedly shown that he lacks the leadership necessary to run the Justice Department.
Byron York / National Review:
The No-Confidence-in-Gonzales Vote
Discussion: Brian Beutler
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Majority of Republicans Doubt Theory of Evolution  —  More Americans accept theory of creationism than evolution  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life.
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Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Retrocessive Intellectual Evolution  —  This has to be one of the saddest things I've read all week: … It is sad because it is entirely symptomatic of the lazy thinking that infests too many issues.  It has become de rigeur to ignore nuanced or complex positions in favor of simplistic narratives …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Dennis Miller goes nuclear on Harry Reid  —  The e-mails are flooding in.  You want it?  You got it.  —  If Rasmussen's right, this should resonate broadly.  —  Blowback
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Mudcat / TIME: Swampland:
Go Ahead And Shoot At Me  —  I woke up this morning and was going to start my stint as a guest correspondent by trying to kick up a dialogue on how my people in rural America are getting screwed into the stone ages.  As an inexperienced blogger (I think this is the third time I've posted anything) …
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Richard Rorty, Philosopher, Dies at 75  —  Richard Rorty, whose inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the world's most influential contemporary thinkers, died Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 75.  —  The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Mary Varney Rorty.
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Meghan O'Rourke / Slate:
Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Friend  —  THE TROUBLE WITH ENGAGEMENT RINGS.  —  The retail fantasy known as a "traditional" American wedding comprises many delicious absurdities, ranging from personalized wedding stamps to ring pillows designed for dogs to favors like "Love Mints."
Discussion: National Review
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National Review:
Diamonds Are Forever  —  Dude, I'll check out the piece at Slate …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Ezra Klein:
Baerly There  —  Democracy may be a "journal of ideas," but I wouldn't trust their quotes.  In his attempts to make me a straw man on the subject of Iran, for instance, Ken Baer lops off the first half of my sentence, leaving me saying that that "attempt to make the country look like some sort of tyrannical …
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Libby's Supporters Who Wrote to Judge Learn That Letters Take on New Life on the Web  —  In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the "bloggers can be mean" defense.  —  The issue was whether to release …
Washington Times:
CAIR membership plummets  —  ONLINE EXCLUSIVE / DEVELOPING:  —  Membership in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has declined more than 90 percent since the 2001 terrorist attacks, Audrey Hudson will report in Tuesday's editions of The Washington Times.
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THAAAT'S What We Were All Waiting For?  Angry 'Sopranos' Fans Crash HBO Website  —  The line to cancel HBO starts here.  What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity and filled with cowardice to The Sopranos saga.  But if you're one of those who found it perversely interesting, then don't bother to read on.
Matt / Think Progress:
Huckabee: 'Most' Prisoners In The U.S. 'Would Love' To Be In Guantanamo  —  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell condemned the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay yesterday, calling it "a major problem for America's perception" and charging, "if it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo — not tomorrow, this afternoon."
Don Frederick / Los Angeles Times:
New L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll  —  John McCain's presidential candidacy clearly is struggling, and a just-completed Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll is not going to buoy his camp's spirits.  —  We won't reveal the exact numbers here; for that, you can check The Times website later today for all the numbers and analysis.
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
Today's photo: Palestinians use armored vehicle marked 'TV' to attack Israeli troops  —  An Israeli soldier is seen through the shattered window of an armored vehicle marked "TV" that Palestinian militants used to sneak up to the Kissufim crossing and mount an attack just outside the Gaza Strip.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to hear crack vs. powder case; issues five unanimous rulings.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up at its next Term the long-standing dispute over the wide disparity in punishment for crack cocaine crimes than for offenses involving cocaine powder a 100 to 1 ratio.
 
 
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The Atlantic Online:
Clinton Memo Gloats About New Hampshire Lead
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Conservatives would bolt GOP over Rudy
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Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Mendacity  —  Peter Rodman and William Shawcross had an op-ed …
tba2007.confabb.com:
Take Back America 2007  —  Welcome to the online headquarters …
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National Review Online:
Derbyshire: R.I.P.
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Wonkette
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Iraq Parliament Votes to Oust Speaker
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Julia Duin / Washington Times:
Suit to decide workplace 'hate speech'
Discussion: Don Surber and PoliPundit.com
CNN:
Appeal blocks release in teen sex case
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
States Finding Fiscal Surprise: A Cash Surplus
Discussion: Bill Hobbs and National Review
Howard Berkes / NPR:
Poll: Rural Vote No Longer a Lock for Republicans
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Thousands Hail Bush in Visit to Albania
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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