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ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court Just Made It Harder For Women To Exercise Their Right To Choose — The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Massachusetts' abortion buffer zone law on Thursday, ruling in favor of anti-choice protesters who argued that being required to stay 35 feet away from clinic entrances …
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Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down Obama recess appointments — In a rebuke to President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court struck down three of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board as unconstitutional. — The decision Thursday gives the Senate broad power …
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The Political Insider and BizPac Review
New York Times:
A More Nuanced Breakdown of the Supreme Court — This is the time of year that the news media roll out a familiar graphic: Nine head shots of Supreme Court justices, arrayed from most liberal to most conservative. — In spacing the head shots at equal intervals, the graphics suggest a steady procession from left to right.
John Fund / National Review:
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Obama for 12th and 13th Time Since 2012 — Did you know the Obama administration's position has been defeated in at least 13 - thirteen — cases before the Supreme Court since January 2012 that were unanimous decisions?
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Washington Post and Cato Institute
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic buffer zone
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The PJ Tatler
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
President's Recess-Appointment Power Cut by High Court
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Bloomberg View and The Gateway Pundit
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
High court rules against Obama on recess appointments
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Washington Monthly, BillMoyers.com and Liberaland
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cellphone Privacy
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology — Even in an increasingly Red vs. Blue nation, the public's political attitudes and values come in many shades and hues. — Partisan polarization - the vast and growing gap between Republicans and Democrats - is a defining feature of politics today.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Proud to be an American? You're probably not a true liberal. — Michelle Obama took some heat in 2008 for saying that, “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country...” — As it turns out, that sentiment isn't all that unusual on the far left of American politics.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
McDaniel Goes Over the Brink — A lot of us spent a good part of yesterday wondering what the basis might be of some Chris McDaniel challenge to the results in Mississippi on Tuesday night. Would Team McDaniel stick to investigating clear and provable violations of state law (e.g. …
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The Hill:
Odds tilt toward GOP Senate — Republicans are in the strongest position to win back the Senate since losing it eight years ago. — Over several months, the party has expanded its range of targeted seats, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has helped defeat insurgents …
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SCOTUSblog, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Politico and Taylor Marsh
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The staggering price of crushing the tea party
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Tea Party Blew It
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Washington Post:
Immigration reform effectively dead until after Obama leaves office, both sides say — The two-year attempt to push immigration reform through Congress is effectively dead and unlikely to be revived until after President Obama leaves office, numerous lawmakers and advocates on both sides of the issue said this week.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
In Dramatic Pointless Gesture, Boehner to Sue Obama
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Sales of Hillary Clinton's New Memoir Drop Sharply in 2nd Week — Sales of Hillary Rodham Clinton's new memoir, “Hard Choices,” declined 43.5 percent to 48,000 copies in its second week on the shelves, according to Nielsen BookScan. — The sales figures put pressure on the publisher …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Sales of Clinton's ‘Hard Choices’ drop by over 40% in second week
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Hot Air, Mediaite and Washington Post
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
City Loses Final Appeal on Limiting Sales of Large Sodas — The Bloomberg big-soda ban is officially dead. — The state's highest court on Thursday refused to reinstate New York City's controversial limits on sales of jumbo sugary drinks, exhausting the city's final appeal and handing …
Lanhee Chen / Bloomberg View:
Obamacare's Prognosis Grows Dimmer — A nightmare for Affordable Care Act supporters has been the possibility that only the sick would be left to purchase insurance through its exchanges, driving premiums up and insurers out. While the law's boosters have been quick to dismiss the possibility …
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Vox, derp, and the intellectual stagnation of the Left — Talk about an epistemic closure problem — This wunderkind is now presiding over an empire of derp. — S — everal long winters ago, when President Obama was thunderously elected amid Messianic fervor, and much of the Right …
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Hot Air
Nick Hanauer / Politico:
The Pitchforks Are Coming? For Us Plutocrats — To: My Fellow Zillionaires — You probably don't know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries …
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