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Bill Mears / CNN:
'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case tightens student speech … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case — a split decision that limits students' free speech rights. — Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court decides endangered species, religion, student speech, campaign finance cases; four new grants — Amid several 5-4 rulings on the merits, the Supreme Court on Monday granted four cases for review next Term, including a significant test case on the use of references to the O.J. Simpson …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Court Tightens Limits on Student Speech — The Supreme Court affirmed wide authority for school administrators to regulate students' speech today, allowing principals to punish pupils who make any in-school speech or demonstration that may "reasonably be viewed" as promoting illegal drug use.
David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Loosen Restrictions on Campaign Ads — The Supreme Court today loosened the restrictions on what companies and unions can spend on television advertisements just before elections, and in so doing may well have affected the thinking of political strategists for the 2008 elections.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Eases Limits on 'Issue Ads'
Supreme Court Eases Limits on 'Issue Ads'
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court allows issue ads near elections
Court allows issue ads near elections
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Rasmussen Reports:
Just 22% Favor Stalled Immigration Bill — As the Senate prepares to resume debate the "comprehensive" immigration reform bill, the legislation continues to face broad public opposition. In fact, despite a massive White House effort, public opinion has barely moved since the public uproar stalled the bill just over two weeks ago.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Rasmussen: Likely Voters Likely To Oppose Immigration Compromise — As backers of the compromise immigration bill move to resuscitate it on the Senate floor, the American voter remains overwhelmingly opposed to it. In the latest Rasmussen poll conducted this weekend, only 22% …
Center for American Progress:
Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East — With the Iraq war well into its fifth year, the Bush administration still lacks a realistic plan for the Middle East and Iraq. The United States must reclaim control of its core national security interests by taking active steps …
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Amanda / Think Progress:
REPORT: Stop Training Iraqi Security Forces And Redeploy U.S. Troops
REPORT: Stop Training Iraqi Security Forces And Redeploy U.S. Troops
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Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Kurtz on Undercover Journalism: "The horror!" — Earlier this year, when I was working with my editors to plan out a story about lobbyists willing to work for the Stalinist regime in Turkmenistan, I predicted that after the story was published Washington Post columnist Howard Kurtz would write …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Undercover Journalism — Ken Silverstein says he lied …
Undercover Journalism — Ken Silverstein says he lied …
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CNN Political Ticker:
Poll: Bloomberg could have Perot-like effect — WASHINGTON (CNN) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — who left the Republican Party last week — could have a serious impact on the 2008 presidential race, rivaling Ross Perot's influence in 1992, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll suggests.
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
McCain could pull out of race by autumn
McCain could pull out of race by autumn
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Look Forward to Anger — IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY "RAGE BOY" AND HIS ILK. IT'S STUPID TO TRY. — If you follow the link, you will be treated to some scenes from the strenuous life of a professional Muslim protester in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar. Over the last few years …
Amity Shlaes / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Deal — The late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was a true liberal — a man who welcomed debate. Just before he died this winter, he wrote, quoting someone else, that history is an argument without end. That, Schlesinger added, "is why we love it so."
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Washington Post:
Plaintiff Gets Nothing in $54M Case of Missing Pants — Ruling for Dry Cleaner May Spell Bigger Woes for D.C. Judge Roy Pearson — The D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of lost pants found out this morning what he's going to get for all his troubles.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Democrats tear into Fred Thompson — Even before his expected July announcement, Fred Thompson's all-but-declared entry into the Republican presidential stakes has prompted the Democratic National Committee to attack him as a potential GOP front-runner and to use his prospective candidacy to raise money.
Michael Yon:
Drilling for Justice — Army officers have been pleased with Michael Gordon's portrayal of the events in Baqubah. — On 19 June American forces sealed off Baqubah and began attacking targets within the city. The immediate goal of Arrowhead Ripper was to free Baqubah of al Qaeda …
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries — As the Vietnam War raged in the 1960s, Mitt Romney received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon "minister of religion" for the duration of his missionary work in France, which lasted two and a half years.
Baron Bodissey / Gates of Vienna:
"For a Mohammedan-Free Denmark" — I mentioned on Saturday that a group in Denmark was planning to burn an effigy of Mohammed (instead of a witch) at the traditional midsummer festival. — Since then the group that burned the Prophet has contacted SIAD, who kindly uploaded the video for us.