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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
The Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision Is a Poison Chalice for the GOP — This morning, the Supreme Court struck down a core part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, “a landmark law that opened the polls to millions of southern blacks,” as Bloomberg's Greg Stohr put it.
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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.
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
On Voting Rights, A Decision As Lamentable as Plessy or Dred Scott — Splitting 5-4 along ideological lines, today the Supreme Court ruled a key provision of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. — Let's be clear about what has just happened. Five unelected, life-tenured men …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Rep. John Lewis: Supreme Court put a ‘dagger’ in Voting Rights Act — (CNN) - Longtime congressman and veteran civil rights icon John Lewis said the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act dealt a major blow to minorities in the United States. — “It is awful, it's a sad day …
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Ilya Shapiro / Bloomberg:
Jim Crow Is Dead. Long Live the Constitution. — In striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has restored a measure of constitutional order. Based on 40-year-old voting data that doesn't reflect current political conditions, this provision subjected …
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Hot Dish Politics:
DFL Rep. Winkler tweets and deletes “Uncle Thomas” referencing Supreme Court Justice — State Rep. Ryan Winkler has deleted and apologized for using a racial epithet in a tweet about Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act. — “VRA majority is four accomplices …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Justice Ginsburg Slams Supreme Court's ‘Hubris’ In Fiery Dissent On Voting Rights Act
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Matt Vasilogambros / NationalJournal.com:
That Was Quick: Texas Moves Forward With Voter ID Law After Supreme Court Ruling
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Heather Gerken / Slate:
Goodbye to the Crown Jewel of the Civil Rights Movement
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Harsh Texas Voter ID Law ‘Immediately’ Takes Effect After Voting Rights Act Ruling
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Talking Points Memo:
Eric Cantor Reacts To Voting Rights Act Ruling
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Left Lives in the Past on Voting Rights
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
NC voter ID bill moving ahead with Supreme Court ruling
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The White House:
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court Ruling on Shelby County v. Holder
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Guts The Voting Rights Act
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The Texas Tribune:
Dems Approach Abortion Victory as Special Session Wanes … Texas Democrats, far outnumbered by Republicans in both the House and the Senate, are nonetheless on the verge of killing one of the most restrictive abortion proposals in the nation — at least for now.
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Josh Voorhees / Slate:
Watch as a State Senator Wages an Epic Filibuster to Block Sweeping New Abortion Restrictions
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Associated Press:
Filibuster broken against abortion bill
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Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
After 12.5 hour filibuster, Senate Bill 5 is dead
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Aaron Bycoffe / The Huffington Post:
Live Results: Massachusetts Senate Special Election — Massachusetts is holding a special election to fill the seat previously held by John Kerry, who left to become secretary of state. U.S. Rep. , a Democrat, is running against Republican , a private equity executive and former Navy SEAL.
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Boston Globe:
RECENT MASSACHUSETTS SENATE ELECTIONS — Massachusetts has had five US Senate elections in the last seven years, more than any other state. — Year Results — Democrat Elizabeth Warren polled strongly in heavily Democratic greater Boston, and in cities statewide, to defeat incumbent Republican Scott Brown 54 to 46 percent.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Markey tops Gomez for Senate seat — Democrat Edward Markey defeated Republican Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts special Senate election, confirming consistent polling that had shown him ahead and calming Democratic fears of another special election upset.
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 …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Documents Illuminate Ecuador's Spying Practices
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Al Gore / Al's Journal:
Statement on President Obama's Remarks on the Climate Crisis — This was a terrific and historic speech, by far the best address on climate by any president ever. I applaud the new measures announced by President Barack Obama this afternoon to help solve the climate crisis …
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Washington Wire:
Full Transcript of Obama's Remarks on Climate Change
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Obama's Climate Action Plan
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Obama unveils climate change plan that goes around Congress
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Jon Schuppe / nbcnewyork.com:
Anthony Weiner Surges to Lead in Democratic Mayoral Race: NBC NY/WSJ/Marist Poll — The poll finds Weiner with 25 percent and Quinn with 20 percent among registered Democrats — Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has surged ahead of his opponents in a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal poll …
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Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:
Weiner Leads Democrats in Race for NYC Mayor: Poll … Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner leads City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the race for New York City's Democratic mayoral nomination for the first time, snatching the frontrunner mantle as the contest heads into the final months before the primary …
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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Zimmerman Trial Day 2 - Analysis of State's Witnesses — Today can only be characterized as an utter debacle for the prosecution in Florida v. Zimmerman. Besides the testimony of a couple of highly professional law enforcement witnesses, the testimony of the the other State witnesses ranged …
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