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10:55 PM ET, June 28, 2007

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court strikes down school integration plans, ends Term  —  UPDATED to 11 a.m.  —  Concluding its current Term with a historic ruling on race in public policy, the Supreme Court divided 5-4 on Thursday in striking down voluntary integration plans in the public schools of Seattle and Louisville.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Reject Diversity Plans in Two Districts  —  In a decision of sweeping importance to educators, parents and schoolchildren across the country, the Supreme Court today sharply limited the ability of school districts to manage the racial makeup of the student bodies in their schools.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Justices End 96-Year-Old Ban on Price Floors  —  Striking down an antitrust rule nearly a century old, the Supreme Court ruled today that it is no longer automatically unlawful for manufacturers and distributors to agree on setting minimum retail prices.  —  The decision will give producers …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and D-Day
New York Times:
Resegregation Now  —  The Supreme Court ruled 53 years ago in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated education is inherently unequal, and it ordered the nation's schools to integrate.  Today, the court switched sides and told two cities that they cannot take modest steps to bring public school students of different races together.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Democrats bash court diversity ruling
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Ann Coulter Loses It, Calls Elizabeth Edwards A "Harridan"  —  Boy, it looks like the pressure from Elizabeth Edwards is really getting to Ann Coulter.  Seems to be really rattling her badly.  Give this a watch, from MSNBC this morning:  —  Woah.  —  Incidentally, the Coulter column …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John Edwards responds....
Discussion: MSNBC and The Impolitic
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Press Release by C&L concerning Brent Bozell's attack on Elizabeth Edwards
Discussion: The Fix and The Radio Equalizer
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush won't supply subpoenaed documents  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of U.S. attorneys.  —  His decision was denounced as …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
White House takes hard line with Hill
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House votes to ban FCC on 'fairness'  —  The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using taxpayer dollars to impose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters who feature conservative radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Rahm Emanuel: No Money for "Cheney Branch of Government"  —  Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) took a filleting knife to Vice President Dick Cheney's attempts to elide the Archives' Information Security Oversight Office on the House floor just now.  Following through on his promise to defund …
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
46-53, immigration bill goes down in defeat  —  The comprehensive immigration reform bill that has dodged attacks from the left and right for weeks, survived "poison pill" amendments, and was once pulled from the Senate schedule failed its most important test Thursday.  Passage of the legislation now appears unlikely.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senate Hands Down a Major Defeat on Immigration Bill  —  The most dramatic overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation was trounced this morning by a bipartisan filibuster, with the political right and left overwhelming a coalition of Republicans and Democrats who had been seeking compromise …
Jim Romenesko / Poynter Online:
Why WSJ reporters didn't show up for work Thursday  —  A statement from Wall Street Journal reporters:  —  Wall Street Journal reporters across the country chose not to show up to work this morning.  —  We did so for two reasons.  —  First, The Wall Street Journal's long tradition of independence …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Bush Approval Rating Hits New Low  —  NEW YORK — Americans are giving bad grades all around.  President Bush's job approval rating now stands at 31 percent, the lowest ever in the FOX News poll, and almost twice as many Americans say they disapprove of the president's job performance.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi, Reid plan new push to end war  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are expected tomorrow to announce a new coordinated effort to force votes in July to end the Iraq war, according to Democratic insiders.
Discussion: The Belmont Club and Gay Patriot
 
 
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BBC:
Cynon Valley soldier killed in Iraq
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Fred File:
A Good Day
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The Politico:
Around the filter Mitt goes
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Wall Street Journal morons wonder: Who's behind Hot Air's attack ads?
Atrios / Eschaton:
Friedman Forever
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Anticipates Death of Ailing Castro
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
BROWNBACK'S VOTE SWITCH
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Europe's Beleaguered Drug Companies
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Paul Kane / Capitol Briefing:
Defiant Byrd, 89, Says He Will Continue To Serve
National Review:
Today in History  —  Today's defeat of the Senate amnesty bill …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
HillaryClinton.com:
A Strong Second Quarter
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, MSNBC and MyDD
Theodore C. Sorensen / Washington Monthly:
The speech I want the Democratic nominee to give