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7:15 PM ET, June 25, 2012

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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.

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.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine, Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Hit & Run, Mediaite, American Spectator, The Maddow Blog, Business Insider, The Spectacle Blog and Balloon Juice

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: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars, NewsBusters.org, neo-neocon, Taylor Marsh, Washington Monthly, Examiner, Booman Tribune, GayPatriot, iOwnTheWorld.com 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: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Los Angeles Times, ThinkProgress, Washington Wire, Law Blog, Washington Post, Hit & Run, Sister Toldjah, The Raw Story, Wake up America, JustOneMinute, The PJ Tatler, Little Green Footballs, americanthinker.com, American Power and The Right Scoop

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.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, SCOTUSblog, Firedoglake, Riehl World View, Dave Winer, The Maddow Blog, Talking Points Memo and INSTAPUTZ

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 …

Discussion: CNN, The Huffington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove, The PJ Tatler, Wake up America, Clayton Cramer's Blog, Riehl World View and The Lonely Conservative

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.

Discussion: Salon, Hit & Run, Hot Air, Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Political Carnival and Addicting Info

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: CNN, Washington Post, msnbc.com, The Caucus, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, Philly.com, The Moderate Voice, The New Republic, Wake up America, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Guardian, American Prospect and Washington Examiner

The White House:

Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States — I am pleased that the Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's immigration law. What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform.

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Mediaite, New York Magazine, ImmigrationProf Blog, Law Blog, Daily Kos and americanthinker.com

BuzzFeed:

Romney Criticizes Immigration Ruling — Says the Court should have given more latitude to states' rights. Also slams Obama for state of immigration: “It didn't have to be this way.” — Mitt Romney criticized the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's immigration law at a fundraiser …

Discussion: New York Times

Rachel Leven / The Hill:
Supreme Court summarily reverses Montana's Citizens United case

Discussion: Ballot Box, New York Times, CNN, Politico, Election Law Blog, Indecision Forever, Washington Post and ABCNEWS

Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry

Discussion: Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Salon

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law

Discussion: Wizbang and The Lonely Conservative

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration

Discussion: American Power

Fox News:
States face uphill climb on immigration enforcement after court ruling, DHS policy change

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh, Babalú Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Spectacle Blog

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Four Takeaways From Today's Arizona Immigration Decision

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Feministing and The Raw Story

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Supreme Court's Montana decision strengthens Citizens United

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Democratic Daily, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Wake up America

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

Discussion: CNN, Boston Globe, Hot Air, Mediaite, Associated Press, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hit & Run and The Gateway Pundit

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Justice Scalia rips Obama's deportation directive in dissent on Arizona case

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Hill

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court Arizona immigration ruling: Justices clear key part

Discussion: CNN, Fox News, News Desk, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire and Michelle Malkin

Associated Press:
No More Life Without Parole for Juveniles, Court Rules

Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Outside the Beltway

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

Discussion: National Review, Associated Press, Firedoglake, The Political Carnival and Taylor Marsh

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Taegan Goddard's …, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, The Raw Story, The Maddow Blog, Colorlines, The Impolitic and Mother Jones

Garth Johnston / Gothamist:

Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park — Elmo gets carried away on a stretcher (@Kathleen_Loftus's twitter). — Could Shackle Me Elmo—"press his belly and he spews anti-Semitic vitriol!"—be the next big thing? We ask because not everyone was happy in yesterday's beautiful weather …

Discussion: City Room, Gawker, The Daily What and nation.foxnews.com

NY Daily News:
Elmo imposter hassles tourists for money and gets booted from Central Park Zoo

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

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: The Daily Caller, Speaker.gov, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Issa: Fast and Furious might have been a political operation to push for gun control

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Sister Toldjah, Babalú Blog, ABCNEWS, The Maddow Blog and Business Insider

Michael Musto / La Daily Musto:

GOProud Is A Bunch Of Jewish Nazis — Ever since the conservative gay group GOProud backed Mitt Romney for President last week—albeit by a very slim margin—the epithets and insults have been hurling at them like taunts at a gay kid. — But this time, the outrage is justified.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Mediaite and New York Magazine

BuzzFeed:
Village Voice Writer: Gay Republicans Like “Jewish Nazis”

Discussion: La Daily Musto

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: Guardian, Firedoglake, Salon, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run, ABCNEWS, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, LewRockwell.com Blog and The Agonist

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: American Prospect, Ballot Box, CNN, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Univision News Tumblr, Business Insider, Pirate's Cove, GOP 12, New York Magazine and The Page

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Guardian, ABCNEWS, Washington Wire, Little Green Footballs 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: americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Moe Lane, Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, UrbanGrounds, The Daily Caller, Jammie Wearing Fools and The Lonely Conservative

Lewis Page / The Register:

Antarctic ice shelves not melting at all, new field data show — Crafty boffins got elephant seals to survey for them — Twenty-year-old models which have suggested serious ice loss in the eastern Antarctic have been compared with reality for the first time - and found to be wrong …

Discussion: Questions and Observations