memeorandum: High Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law (Associated Press)

1:25 PM ET, June 25, 2012

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org, Booman Tribune, GayPatriot and ImmigrationProf Blog

Wall Street Journal:

Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law — The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's tough immigration law but struck down others as intrusions on federal sovereignty, in a ruling that gave both sides something to cheer in advance of November elections where immigration is a major issue.

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics — (Midnight update: This item went up three hours ago with a more blunt-instrument headline than it should ever have had: “5 Signs the United States is Undergoing a Coup.” I used the word “coup” in a particular way in the longer item this was drawn from.

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Rachel Leven / The Hill:

Court affirms Citizens United ruling — The Supreme Court summarily reaffirmed the Citizens United case on Monday and ruled that the decision applies to the states as well in a 5-4 vote reversing a Montana court ruling that allowed restrictions on campaign expenditures.

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, ABCNEWS, Washington Post and Election Law Blog

Associated Press:

High Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on immigrants. — But the court said Monday that one much-debated part of the law could go forward — the portion requiring police to check …

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New York Times:

Supreme Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a split decision on Arizona's tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most controversial provision but blocking the implementation of others. — The court unanimously sustained …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Supreme Court Arizona immigration ruling: Justices clear key part — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to a central provision of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law, clearing the way for similar legislation to take effect in other states and advancing …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, ABCNEWS and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To ‘Show Me Your Papers,’ Strikes Down Part Of Arizona Immigration Law — The Supreme Court just announced that parts of Arizona's harsh immigration law, SB 1070, are preempted by federal immigration law. Significantly, however …

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New York Post:

Slapping a friend — For the past couple of months, Democrats and their pundit allies — apparently expecting to lose on ObamaCare in the Supreme Court — have been engaged in a campaign to delegitimize the high court in the eyes of the public. In a related development …

Mj Lee / Politico:

Jan Brewer: SCOTUS ruling a ‘victory’ — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling Monday on her state's tough immigration law, calling the court's decision a “victory for the rule of law.” — “Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is a victory for the rule of law.

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Associated Press:
Court Rejects Corporate Campaign Spending Limits

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CNN:
Supreme Court: Key parts of immigration law rejected

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Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post:
Arizona Immigration Law ‘Gutted’ In Split Supreme Court Ruling

Discussion: The New Republic

Tom Curry / msnbc.com:
High court affirms corporations' right to political spending

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
SCOTUS Update: La Loi, C'est Moi

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David Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court issues split decision on Arizona immigration law

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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: All eyes on the Supreme Court

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
For Obama, Supreme Court health-care, immigration rulings to close a tough term

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Hill Poll: Voters: Obama over-reached blocking Fast and Furious docs — A clear majority of likely voters believes President Obama has exercised his executive power inappropriately — particularly in blocking the release of documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a new poll for The Hill.

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Politico: ‘A hugely consequential week’

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration — Healthcare, unemployment are tops among six issues tested — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Hispanics prioritize immigration, healthcare, and unemployment to equal degrees, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking about the importance of six national policy issues.

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Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Latinos strongly backing Obama

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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.

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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:

A Cruel and Unusual Record — THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. — Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violation of human rights has extended.

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Great Abdication — Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers. For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 — the year F.D.R. shifted …

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