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10:55 PM ET, June 25, 2007

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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.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
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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 …
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 …
Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Conservatives go 4-4 today at the Supreme Court
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% …
Discussion: Day In, Day Out
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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Pollster.com
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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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.
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 …
Matt / Think Progress:
Matthews explains Coulter segment: 'She sells books.'  —  MSNBC is heavily promoting an appearance by Ann Coulter on tomorrow's Hardball.  Coulter hasn't appeared on Hardball since July 27, 2006 when she called Vice President Al Gore a "total fag."  Tonight, host Chris Matthews …
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 …
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.
 
 
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BBC:
Social sites reveal class divide
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Rudy's New SC Co-Chair Has History Of "Racially Charged" Remarks
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Media Matters for America:
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Ted Johnson / Wilshire & Washington:
The Human Side of Hillary
Bob Geiger:
GOP Gives Employee Free Choice Act Fear-And-Smear Treatment
Associated Press:
Scholars urge Bush to ban use of torture
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Amity Shlaes / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Deal  —  The late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was a true liberal …
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Cloture Buy-Offs  —  One method supporters of the bill …
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Rep. labeled 'chickens**t thief' for 'borrowing' Dem sign
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Schumer: Gonzales not fit to rule on Cheney's role
Fortune:
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Mum Warner likely to move on
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Sessions says support for immigration bill is eroding
Amanda / Think Progress:
CNN Dumps Michael Moore For Paris Hilton
Jonathan Owen / The Independent:
Too little, too late: Gore blames scientists for climate crisis
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
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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

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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