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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:
Use of Race in School Placement Curbed — 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.
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:Analysis: Justice Kennedy and a Warning Against Overreading the School Cases
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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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Won't Supply Subpoenaed Documents — The White House said today it would not comply with congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony relating to the firings of federal prosecutors last year, setting up a potential constitutional confrontation over its claim of executive privilege.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Legal Memo Confirms White House Led Effort To Target And Remove U.S. Attorneys — Today, White House counsel Fred Fielding released a letter informing Congress that President Bush will assert executive privilege over White House documents relating to the firing of U.S. attorneys.
The Raw Story:
'I assume Cheney will get a Katrina trailer,' Republican mocks — A group of Democrats made their case Thursday afternoon to cut all funding for the executive branch office of Vice President Dick Cheney on the floor of the House of Representatives. The move prompted a Republican Congressman …
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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 …
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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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:NBC's David Gregory thinks we just need to "strip away" …
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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 …
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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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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.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
BROWNBACK'S VOTE SWITCH — From NBC's Carrie Dann — GOP presidential hopeful Sam Brownback was very nervous for 11 minutes this morning. That's the time that elapsed between his initial "Aye" vote for cloture on the Senate's immigration bill today — essentially an expression of support …
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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 …
National Review:
Today in History — Today's defeat of the Senate amnesty bill was more than a run-of-the-mill legislative victory, representing as it did a self-organizing public's defeat of combined force of Big Business, (some of) Big Labor, Big Media, Big Religion, Big Philanthropy, Big Academia, and Big Government.
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A Strong Second Quarter — Simply put, this has been a great quarter for us. — Hillary won both debates, demonstrating an enormous command of the issues and the unique ability to take on tough challenges and achieve real results. Millions of Americans saw that Hillary has the strength …
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