memeorandum: Breaking News: The Montana Campaign Finance Decision, the Supreme Court, and “Public Opinion” (Richard Pildes/Election Law Blog)

2:10 PM ET, June 25, 2012

Top Items:

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: Crooks and Liars, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Media Matters for America, 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.

Discussion: Washington Wire, JustOneMinute, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Law Blog, New York Times, neo-neocon, American Power, Salon, Sister Toldjah, americanthinker.com, The PJ Tatler, The Right Scoop and The Raw Story

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, Brad DeLong, Balkinization, NewsBusters.org blogs, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Althouse, Balloon Juice, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Times

New York Times:

Blocking Parts of Arizona Law, Justices Allow Its Centerpiece — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona's tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most controversial provision but blocking the implementation of others.

Discussion: Washington Post, msnbc.com, The Caucus, The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner and Guardian

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

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 …

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, Wake up America, ABCNEWS and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Mj Lee / Politico:
Jan Brewer: SCOTUS ruling a ‘victory’

Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:
High Court Rejects Part of Arizona Immigration Law

Discussion: American Spectator, Globe and Mail, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, AEIdeas and New Orleans Times-Picayune

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Citizens United

Discussion: Washington Post, Election Law Blog and msnbc.com

Associated Press:
Court Rejects Corporate Campaign Spending Limits

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune, Outside the Beltway, Truthdig and Swampland

CNN:
Supreme Court mostly rejects Arizona immigration law; gov says ‘heart’ remains

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Politicker

Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Justice Scalia Rages Against Obama On Immigration

Discussion: American Prospect, Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog, Dave Winer, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Salon

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

Discussion: The New Republic

Richard Pildes / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News: The Montana Campaign Finance Decision, the Supreme Court, and “Public Opinion”

Discussion: National Review, The Political Carnival and Taylor Marsh

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Cagle Post, Runnin' Scared and Wake up America

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

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

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

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Wonkette, Ezra Klein, Jammie Wearing Fools, National Review, americanthinker.com, Poynter and Outside the Beltway

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

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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

Politico: ‘A hugely consequential week’

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

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

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

Discussion: Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway and ABCNEWS

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, Guardian, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, LewRockwell.com Blog, The Agonist 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, The Monkey Cage and Business Insider

American Research Group:

2012 US President Ballot — The following results are based on 535 completed telephone interviews among a statewide random sample of registered voters in New Hampshire. Of the 535 interviews, 180 were among registered Republicans, 161 registered Democrats, and 194 undeclared voters.

Discussion: CNN

Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:

Simple Solutions For Cooling Down Hot Cars — by Greg Rucks, via Rocky Mountain Institute — On this first day of summer, many car owners are likely to experience the following scenario: enter your car to leave work for the day and the temperature is sweltering—much hotter than outside.

Discussion: Mother Jones