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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote, ruling that Congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting nine states, mostly in the South, to federal oversight.
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John Fund / National Review:
A Civil-Rights Victory — The Supreme Court's decision today to overturn a small part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is actually a victory for civil rights. As the court noted, what made sense both in moral and practical terms almost a half century ago has to be approached anew.
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NBC Politics:
Supreme Court strikes down part of Voting Rights Act — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — the map that determines which states must get federal permission before they change their voting laws. — The ruling, a 5-4 decision …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Justice Ginsburg Slams Supreme Court's ‘Hubris’ In Fiery Dissent On Voting Rights Act — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg penned the fierce dissent against the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Tuesday to invalidate a key section of the Voting Rights Act, accusing the conservative justices of displaying “hubris” and a lack of sound reasoning.
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The Daily Banter and New Republic
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Texas voter ID law “will take effect immediately,” says Attorney General Greg Abbott — update: The Texas DPS will start issuing voter IDs on Thursday. More below — WASHINGTON — The implications of today's landmark ruling could be swift and stunning.
Bill Mears / CNN:
Court limits voting law
Court limits voting law
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USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act
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The Spectacle Blog, Red Alert Politics and Conservatives4Palin
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
On Voting Rights, A Decision As Lamentable as Plessy or Dred Scott
On Voting Rights, A Decision As Lamentable as Plessy or Dred Scott
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Politico, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and Washington Free Beacon
David Weigel / Slate:
Southern Republican Senators Happy That Supreme Court Designated Their States Not-Racist
Southern Republican Senators Happy That Supreme Court Designated Their States Not-Racist
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The Fix and Balloon Juice
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion recap: Voting law in deep peril
Opinion recap: Voting law in deep peril
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Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway, PrawfsBlawg, The Maddow Blog and ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Times:
DEVELOPING Live Analysis of Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights
DEVELOPING Live Analysis of Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Voting Rights Act Section 4 Struck Down By Supreme Court
Voting Rights Act Section 4 Struck Down By Supreme Court
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
High court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act in 5-4 ruling
High court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act in 5-4 ruling
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Politico, CNN and The Plum Line
RT:
Putin: Snowden still in Moscow airport, won't be extradited, free to go anywhere — Russia's President says former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is still in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. Vladimir Putin says that any accusations of Russia related to Snowden are “nonsense and rubbish.”
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Greenwald: Snowden's Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him — Snowden has shared encoded copies of all the documents he took so that they won't disappear if he does, Glenn Greenwald tells Eli Lake. — As the U.S. government presses Moscow to extradite former National Security …
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: The Age of American Impotence
Stephens: The Age of American Impotence
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John Cassidy / News Desk:
Demonizing Edward Snowden: Which Side Are You On?
Demonizing Edward Snowden: Which Side Are You On?
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CNN:
Snowden remains in Moscow airport, is ‘free man,’ Russian president says
Snowden remains in Moscow airport, is ‘free man,’ Russian president says
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Treaty Cheating — Russia is engaged in a major violation …
Treaty Cheating — Russia is engaged in a major violation …
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New York Times:
Empty Seat Deepens a Mystery in Moscow
Empty Seat Deepens a Mystery in Moscow
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WorldViews, Reuters, FishbowlDC, Yahoo! News and The Week
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama Outlines Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases — WASHINGTON — President Obama proposed a sweeping plan to address climate change on Tuesday, setting ambitious goals and timetables for a series of executive actions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and prepare the nation for the ravages of a warming planet.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama: Keystone XL Should Not Be Approved If It Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will ask the State Department not to approve the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline unless it can first determine that it will not lead …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama mocks skeptics of climate change as ‘flat-Earth society’ — President Obama angrily blasted climate change skeptics during his energy policy speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, saying he lacked “patience for anyone who denies that this problem is real.”
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Juliet Eilperin / The Fix:
Is Obama waging a ‘war on coal’?
Is Obama waging a ‘war on coal’?
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Justice Samuel Alito's middle-school antics — The most remarkable thing about the Supreme Court's opinions announced Monday was not what the justices wrote or said. It was what Samuel Alito did. — The associate justice, a George W. Bush appointee, read two opinions …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Documents Show Liberals in I.R.S. Dragnet — WASHINGTON — The instructions that Internal Revenue Service officials used to look for applicants seeking tax-exempt status with “Tea Party” and “Patriots” in their titles also included groups whose names included the words “Progressive” and …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
‘Lookout List’ Not Much Broader Than Originally Thought, Contrary to Reports
‘Lookout List’ Not Much Broader Than Originally Thought, Contrary to Reports
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why the IRS Scandal Needs a Special Prosecutor
Why the IRS Scandal Needs a Special Prosecutor
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Barbara Liston / Reuters:
Mystery girl to testify in Trayvon Martin murder case — (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Florida murder trial of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will reveal a star witness for the first time on Tuesday, the girl Trayvon Martin was talking with in the last minutes of his life.
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John H. Richardson / Esquire:
THE QUOTE THAT SHOULD END THE TRAYVON TRIAL
THE QUOTE THAT SHOULD END THE TRAYVON TRIAL
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Connecting.the.Dots, TBogg, CNN and The Mahablog
Sen. Rand Paul / Politico:
Why I'm voting no on immigration reform — I will be voting no on the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration bill for one simple reason: because the legislation does not secure the border first. — The American people desperately need immigration reform. Unfortunately, this legislation does not do the job.
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Politico:
On Penny Pritzker, where's the outrage? — Penny Pritzker has understated her income by tens of millions of dollars, clashed openly with organized labor, benefited from offshore tax havens and invested in financial instruments that helped precipitate the 2008 financial meltdown.
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Lee Fang / thenation.com/blogs/168901:
‘Meet the Press’ Pundit With Financial Ties to NSA Misleadingly Slams Snowden — On Meet the Press yesterday, shortly after host host David Gregory stunned many by suggesting that The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald should face prosecution, a roundtable of pundits discussed the unfolding Edward Snowden story.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Paula's Worst Ingredients — Paula Deen is where sass meets crass, where the homespun and folksy curdle into something with a sour aftertaste. — Her manner may be as sugary as her cooking, her smile as big as the hams she hawked for Smithfield. But she doesn't pause when she should.
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