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Associated Press:
Justices Block Key Part of Campaign Law — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. — By a 5-4 vote …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruling on Spending May Alter Political Terrain — WASHINGTON — Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Watching as the Supreme Court turns a corporation into a real live boy. — You will doubtless hear today that 89-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens read aloud from his partial dissent in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission for almost 20 minutes in a slow, halting voice …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Political Fallout From the Supreme Court Ruling — Even before their Massachusetts victory this week, Republicans already enjoyed a multitude of advantages in this year's midterm elections. The Supreme Court has likely just delivered one more: money. — Today's ruling upends …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: A new law to offset Citizens United? — Analysis — President Obama ordered his aides on Thursday “to get to work immediately with Congress” to develop “a forceful response” to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case.
The White House:Statement from the President on Today's Supreme Court Decision
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The Hill:Democrats plan to push bill to limit impact of campaign finance decision
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Room for Debate:How Corporate Money Will Reshape Politics
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Rick Jacobs / The Huffington Post:Prop 8 on trial: Justice and equality in the age of the Internet
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Rachel Slajda / TPMDC:
Pelosi: There Aren't Enough Votes To Pass The Senate Bill — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just told reporters that she does not believe she has enough votes in the House to pass the Senate health care reform bill as-is — at least not yet. — “I don't see the votes for it at this time,” Pelosi said.
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The Politico:
Dem health care talks collapsing — Health care reform teetered on the brink of collapse Thursday as House and Senate leaders struggled to coalesce around a strategy to rescue the plan, in the face of growing pessimism among lawmakers that the president's top priority can survive.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
So Is It Really Over? — Let me take a moment and explain where I think we are on the Health Care Reform front. — As I've argued, procedurally, with the senate Dems reduced to 59 votes, there's no way to get a better or revised bill through the senate. (Frankly, it's not clear to me that there are still 59 votes.)
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:Fluid and Muddle — I've been poking around some sources …
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Michelle Malkin:
Lib talk radio flops again: Air America goes bankrupt — Thanks to David Lunde for the photoshop — The surprise isn't that liberal talk radio network Air America announced it is going bankrupt today. — The surprise is that they lasted so long on fumes. — Here's an excerpt of the statement on its website pulling the plug:
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Political Punch:
Senate Dems Not Sure They Can Get Enough Votes to Reconfirm Bernanke — Amidst the voter anger at Wall Street and Washington, D.C., ABC News has learned that the Senate Democratic leadership isn't sure there are enough votes to re-confirm Ben Bernanke for another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Will the Base Abandon Hope? — Imagine for a moment that you're a liberal. Oh, I know, that won't be a stretch for some of you. Over the years, you've developed a pretty thick skin, since while you've won an election now and then, you haven't had too many policy victories since ... well, since forever.
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Charles Hawley / Spiegel Online:
The World Bids Farewell to Obama — US President Barack Obama suffered a painful defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday. With mid-term elections looming, it means that Obama will have to fundamentally re-think his political course. German commentators say it is the end of hope.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
National Enquirer submitting John Edwards coverage for Pulitzers — The executive editor of the National Enquirer says he plans to enter his paper's work on the John Edwards scandal for a Pulitzer Prize. — Don't laugh. — “It's clear we should be a contender for this,” …
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The Huffington Post:
Scott Brown's Wife Music VIDEO: Gail Huff's RACY ‘Girl With The Curious Hand’ (PHOTOS) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — On Tuesday night, Scott Brown's wife pleaded with her husband to stop advertising his “available” daughters, but a video we've dug up reveals that Gail Huff wasn't always so prim and proper.
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Specter tells Bachmann to “act like a lady” — The deeply odd couple of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) appeared together on a Philly radio station yesterday — and things got ugly in short order. — Audio link. courtesy RCP.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
ADL whacks Limbaugh — The Anti-Defamation League, which recently criticized a range of conservative figures, including Glenn Beck, as “extremists,” has turned its sights on Rush Limbaugh for a “borderline anti-semitic remark” about Jews — The line in question:
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Justice Stevens Stumbles: A Step To Retirement? — Justice John Paul Stevens has left some clues he's planning to retire this year, shortly after he turns 90 years old. He's only hired one law clerk for next term, for example, and not the four that sitting justices typically hire every year.
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