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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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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court allows issue ads near elections — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law. — The court, split 5-4, upheld an appeals court ruling …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court Tightens Limits on Student Speech — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court tightened limits on student speech Monday, ruling against a high school student and his 14-foot-long "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner. — Schools may prohibit student expression that can be interpreted as advocating drug use …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Eases Limits on 'Issue Ads' — The Supreme Court today substantially weakened the McCain-Feingold campaign finance act's restrictions on the kinds of ads corporations, unions and special interest groups may run in the days before an election. — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote …
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.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
A SMALL BUT POSSIBLY SEMINAL VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH
A SMALL BUT POSSIBLY SEMINAL VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH
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Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Conservatives go 4-4 today at the Supreme Court
Conservatives go 4-4 today at the Supreme Court
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
McCain could pull out of race by autumn — Presidential hopeful drops campaign staff as Republican consultants predict he'll be gone by September — THE former presidential front-runner, John McCain, may drop out of the 2008 race by September if his fundraising dries up and his poll ratings continue …
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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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Joshua Muravchik / Opinion Journal:
Winds of War — Iran is making a mistake that may lead the Middle East into a broader conflict. — Several conflicts of various intensities are raging in the Middle East. But a bigger war, involving more states—Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the Palestinian Authority and perhaps …
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Los Angeles Times:
Bush aides consider Iraq truce at Capitol — Wary of more fights, they're looking into the possibility of a congressional deal to satisfy war foes but preserve presidential goals. — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has begun exploring ways of offering Congress a compromise deal …
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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 …
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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.
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Jo Becker / New York Times:
Murdoch Reaches Out for Even More — In the fall of 2003, a piece of Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media empire was in jeopardy. — Congress was on the verge of limiting any company from owning local television stations that reached more than 35 percent of American homes.
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Jonathan Owen / The Independent:
Too little, too late: Gore blames scientists for climate crisis — US could have acted sooner if experts had reached consensus — In an extraordinary outburst aimed at America's failure to tackle global warming, Al Gore says that if scientific agreement on the climate crisis had been reached sooner …
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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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Sessions says support for immigration bill is eroding — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a key opponent to the bipartisan immigration bill that will be taken up again next week, said Sunday that support for the legislation "continues to erode." — Sessions noted that some of the senators …