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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated) — Mitt Romney released a statement earlier today emphasizing the right of states to enact immigration policies, but not actually commenting directly on the substance of today's Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Homeland Security suspends immigration agreements with Arizona police — The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline …
Gail Sheehy / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton Warns About Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare — As America awaits the Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare, Clinton spells out the dire consequences of the law being struck down—and talks about the prospects for Hillary being president and Chelsea giving him a grandchild.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration — Isn't it time to ask the real, lingering question? — Isn't it about time for Justice Antonin Scalia to get his own show on Fox News? Talking Points Memo: … We really have to run a lot of this post here to take it all in.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate — It wasn't easy for Barack Obama to persuade David Axelrod to take him on as a client. It took years, actually. But there was a reason Obama wanted Axelord to be the one to run his campaigns.
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Kevin Russell / SCOTUSblog:
Court strikes down much of Arizona immigration law — This morning, the Court handed down its decision in Arizona v. United States, the case involving Arizona's attempt to supplement federal immigration enforcement through several state law measures. The Court reviewed four provisions of the statute …
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Justice Scalia Rages Against Obama On Immigration — In his aggressive defense of Arizona's immigration law, Justice Antonin Scalia pointedly went after President Obama's recent immigration policy shift and accused him of deliberately refusing to enforce immigration statutes.
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States
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Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law
Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law
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Associated Press:
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
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Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Salon
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics
5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics
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Rachel Leven / The Hill:
Supreme Court summarily reverses Montana's Citizens United case
Supreme Court summarily reverses Montana's Citizens United case
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Politico, Election Law Blog, Los Angeles Times, ABCNEWS, CNN, Ballot Box, Indecision Forever and ABCNEWS
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Justice Scalia rips Obama's deportation directive in dissent on Arizona case
Justice Scalia rips Obama's deportation directive in dissent on Arizona case
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law
Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law
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CBS DC, Wizbang and The Lonely Conservative
Kelly Cernetich / PoliticsPA:
Turzai: Voter ID Law Means Romney Can Win PA — House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) told the Republican State Committee that Voter ID will allow Romney to win PA. — State Treasurer candidate Diana Irey Vaughan may have stolen the show at the Republican State Committee meeting …
Miranda Leitsinger / msnbc.com:
Teen lesbian couple found shot in Texas park — Police are investing the shooting of two teenage girls in a small Texas community along the Gulf of Mexico. KRIS reporter Lindsay Curtis has the story. — Two teenage girls in a relationship were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a south Texas park …
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NY Daily News:
Elmo imposter hassles tourists for money and gets booted from Central Park Zoo — Man dressed up as furry Sesame Street Muppet gets taken away on ambulance — An emotionally disturbed man dressed as Elmo is taken away by ambulance after hassling tourists for money and shouting obscenties at Central Park Zoo.
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Mediaite, City Room, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
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Garth Johnston / Gothamist:
Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park
Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park
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A.W. / Allergic to Bull:
An Important Victory For Freedom of Expression — First, dear readers, you should expect this post to change radically—or perhaps I will start a new post. I just wanted to get this off my chest immediately. — I am free once again to do something very simple. I am allowed to say the name Brett Kimberlin again.
Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Facebook's Lame Attempt To Force Its Email Service On You — Please don't email me here. — You may or may not realize that you have a Facebook email address. It's an @facebook.com address you can use to correspond with people on external email accounts from your Facebook inbox.
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Guardian, TPM IdeaLab, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Mashable! and New York Magazine
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Whitson Gordon / Lifehacker:
Facebook Changed Everyone's Email to @Facebook.com; Here's How to Fix Yours
Facebook Changed Everyone's Email to @Facebook.com; Here's How to Fix Yours
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Outside the Beltway
BuzzFeed:
Romney Bus Circles, Honks Obama — Again Mitt Romney's campaign bus circled President Barack Obama's fundraiser tonight in Boston, the second time they've pulled the stunt in two weeks. — BOSTON — For the second time in as many weeks, Mitt Romney's campaign taunted President Barack Obama outside a speech.
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nation.foxnews.com and Daily Kos
Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHITEWASH OF ELIZABETH WARREN SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT CHARGE ENTANGLES UVA, UC PRESIDENTS — (Second in a four-part series) When Elizabeth Warren, Teresa A. Sullivan, and Jay Westbrook, co-authors of the 1989 book As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. treated for exhaustion, takes medical leave — Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) has taken a medical leave of absence because he is being treated for exhaustion, according to his office. — In a brief statement released Monday, Jackson's staff disclosed that the lawmaker …
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Steve Beck / CBS Philly:
Plane Tows Swastika Banner, Startles New Jersey Beachgoers — LONG BEACH, N.J. (CBS/AP) — New Jersey beachgoers were startled over the weekend to see a small plane flying overhead pulling a swastika banner. — VIEW: Photo Plane Towing Swastika Banner — Twitter was abuzz with tweets …
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New York Magazine
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt vote to be held Thursday — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Chip Somodevilla - GETTY IMAGES) The House is scheduled to vote on recommendations that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. be held in contempt of Congress on Thursday, according to House Republican aides.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Issa: Fast and Furious might have been a political operation to push for gun control
Issa: Fast and Furious might have been a political operation to push for gun control
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Sister Toldjah, The PJ Tatler, Babalú Blog, The Maddow Blog, ABCNEWS and Business Insider
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Porn and Journalism Have the Same Big Problem — Nobody wants to pay for their products. — The smut business just isn't what it used to be. — The early days of the Internet were a bonanza for major pornography studios, as the web transformed adult entertainment into an instant …
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Cato Institute:
Cato Institute and Shareholders Reach Agreement in Principle — The Cato Institute and its shareholders have reached an agreement in principle that would resolve pending lawsuits filed by Charles Koch and David Koch against Cato, its CEO, and several of its directors.
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Los Angeles Times, Balloon Juice and The Volokh Conspiracy
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Getting Booted — Back in April, the Shark Tank floated the likelihood that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman (DNC) Debbie Wasserman Schultz was perhaps on her way out as DNC Chairwoman. We now have learned that Wasserman Schultz will not be back as DNC Chairwoman after the November elections.