memeorandum: Health care ruling looms (CNN)

9:55 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, New York Magazine, blog.sfgate.com, News Desk, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, Hit & Run, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, American Spectator, The Maddow Blog, The Spectacle Blog and Balloon Juice

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: Reuters, Ace of Spades HQ, Right Wing News, CNN, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, Pirate's Cove, Hot Air, 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, Hullabaloo, Hot Air and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: American Power

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

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: Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Law Blog, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The Raw Story, Hit & Run, Washington Wire, Wake up America, The PJ Tatler, Sister Toldjah, JustOneMinute, Little Green Footballs, americanthinker.com, American Power and The Right Scoop

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: Politico, Media Matters for America, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire, NewsBusters.org blogs, Outside the Beltway, Crooks and Liars, Examiner, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, neo-neocon, Taylor Marsh, GayPatriot, iOwnTheWorld.com and ImmigrationProf Blog

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

Associated Press:
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration

Discussion: protein wisdom and Weasel Zippers

The White House:
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States

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

BuzzFeed:
Romney Criticizes Immigration Ruling

Discussion: New York Times

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

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

CNN:
Health care ruling looms

Discussion: Liberal Values and PoliticsPA

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

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

New York Times:
Blocking Parts of Arizona Law, Justices Allow Its Centerpiece

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

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

Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill and CNN

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: emptywheel, No More Mister Nice Blog, Firedoglake and Feministing

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

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Philly.com, ThinkProgress, Wake up America, Taegan Goddard's …, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, The Raw Story, The Maddow Blog, Colorlines, Mother Jones, The Impolitic and Hullabaloo

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, Ed Driscoll, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, 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: Sister Toldjah, The PJ Tatler, Babalú Blog, The Maddow Blog, ABCNEWS and Business Insider

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt vote to be held Thursday

Discussion: Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's …, The Lonely Conservative and ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: CNN

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.

Discussion: Mediaite, City Room, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Garth Johnston / Gothamist:
Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park

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

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Towleroad News #gay and The Raw Story

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.

Discussion: The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative, Popehat, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Examiner, The Jawa Report, Sister Toldjah, The Volokh Conspiracy, iOwnTheWorld.com and Wake up America

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: BuzzFeed, Advocate, The Jawa Report, Mediaite and New York Magazine

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.