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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.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, New York Times, Law Blog, Wake up America, americanthinker.com, Salon, The PJ Tatler, The Right Scoop, The Raw Story and Sister Toldjah

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.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Ezra Klein, The PJ Tatler, Balkinization, Brad DeLong, NewsBusters.org blogs, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Washington Post, Althouse, Balloon Juice and Jammie Wearing Fools

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

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 …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and The Political Carnival

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: CNN and ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: American Spectator, Globe and Mail, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, AEIdeas and NO QUARTER

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 …

Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post:

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Discussion: The New Republic

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 and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

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

Discussion: Cagle Post and Runnin' Scared

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

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, American Prospect, Washington Post, The New Republic, The Volokh Conspiracy, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Stinque, Balloon Juice and New York Times

New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law

Discussion: msnbc.com, Washington Post, The Caucus and Guardian

Associated Press:
Court Rejects Corporate Campaign Spending Limits

Discussion: Election Law Blog and Outside the Beltway

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

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

CNN:
Supreme Court sides with U.S. in Arizona immigration case

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

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

Discussion: The Maddow Blog, Washington Examiner and Taegan Goddard's …

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

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Jammie Wearing Fools, americanthinker.com and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, Balloon Juice, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Jammie Wearing Fools, The Gateway Pundit and americanthinker.com

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.

Discussion: GOP 12, The PJ Tatler, Univision News Tumblr, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, New York Magazine, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box and The Page

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

Discussion: Washington Wire, ABCNEWS and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com, The Daily Caller, UrbanGrounds and Jammie Wearing Fools

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Guardian, National Review, LewRockwell.com Blog and naked capitalism

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 …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Business Insider

Congressman Allen West / Facebook:

The Muslim B'Hood takeover in Egypt shows Arab Spring is radical Islamic nightmare. — A year ago there were those of us who warned the Obama Administration of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt. We were castigated as alarmists and loose cannons. Today our predictions have come …