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Charles J. Dean / al.com:
Roy Moore: Alabama judges cannot issue same-sex marriage licenses for 25 days — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said the state supreme court today issued an order that effectively keeps probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples for 25 days.
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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Rand Paul: Government Should Get Out of the Marriage Business Altogether — Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky. — While I disagree with Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage, I believe that all Americans have the right to contract. — The Constitution is silent on the question …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Clinics To Remain Open — The Supreme Court issued a brief, two paragraph order on Monday permitting Texas abortion clinics that are endangered by state law requiring them to comply with onerous regulations or else shut down to remain open.
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Hullabaloo
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz bashes ‘elites’ on Supreme Court — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday bashed “elites” on the Supreme Court for imposing their will on America's heartland in its decision to legalize same-sex marriage. — “You've got nine lawyers, they are all from Harvard or Yale …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Bloomberg Business and Mediaite
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Why Ted Cruz watched pornography with Supreme Court justices — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a new book out Tuesday, titled “A Time for Truth.” It is an autobiography that weaves in his conservative philosophy and expounds on some of the stories he tells on the campaign trail.
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San Antonio Current, Medium and Mediaite
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
States Seeking Voter Citizenship Proof Denied by U.S. Supreme Court
States Seeking Voter Citizenship Proof Denied by U.S. Supreme Court
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Reuters, Election Law Blog, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Obama's Limits on Power Plants
Supreme Court Blocks Obama's Limits on Power Plants
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Guardian, ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Detroit Free Press, The Atlantic and Fusion
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Independent Redistricting Panel Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court
Independent Redistricting Panel Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court
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Election Law Blog, Yahoo Politics, Bloomberg View and ABC News
NBCUniversal:
NBC STATEMENT REGARDING DONALD TRUMP — At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values. — Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump.
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NBC News:
NBC Cuts Business Ties with Donald Trump Over Immigration Remarks — NBC is ending its business relationship with Donald Trump over his recent comments about Mexican immigrants. — “At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” NBC said in a statement.
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, American Spectator and CBS DC
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
NBC cuts ties with Trump
NBC cuts ties with Trump
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Associated Press, Latino Rebels, Mediaite and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBCUniversal cuts ties with Trump
NBCUniversal cuts ties with Trump
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The Week, Mediaite and Booman Tribune
The Hill:
Politics shift on ObamaCare — The politics of ObamaCare are shifting. — A law that helped Republicans sweep into the House majority in 2010 and contributed to Democrats losing the Senate four years later might be becoming a bigger political problem for the GOP than it is a liability for Democrats.
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Business Insider and Daily Kos
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Begin Planning to Nuke Filibuster and Repeal Obamacare — Jeb Bush and Scott Walker are onboard; other candidates will follow. — Shares … The pairing of Supreme Court decisions last week, on same-sex marriage and health care, created an impression that the fate of the two issues …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show and New York Times
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Supreme Court's ruling comes too late for coal — President Barack Obama's opponents won a Supreme Court skirmish in the “war on coal” Monday, but the ruling blocking his mercury pollution rule won't do anything to reverse coal's waning role in the nation's power supply.
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The PJ Tatler
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Greece Over the Brink — It has been obvious for some time that the creation of the euro was a terrible mistake. Europe never had the preconditions for a successful single currency — above all, the kind of fiscal and banking union that, for example, ensures that when a housing bubble in Florida bursts …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Awesome Gratuitousness of the Greek Crisis
The Awesome Gratuitousness of the Greek Crisis
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Reuters, Balloon Juice and The Conversation
John Fund / National Review:
The Greek Crisis: Too Little Democracy, Too Much Bureaucracy
The Greek Crisis: Too Little Democracy, Too Much Bureaucracy
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Instapundit
New York Times:
Jewish Group, With Hired Protesters, Opposes the Parade — Some of the most curious costumes worn along the parade route belonged to protesters. — Behind a barricade, a group of men wore the fringed Jewish prayer garment known as the tzitzit and held up anti-gay signs bearing the logo …
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Advocate, Gothamist, PinkNews, Mediaite and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
State Department Ejects Free Beacon Reporter from Briefing — VIENNA—Officials with the Department of State threatened to call security Monday on a Washington Free Beacon reporter who was attempting to report on a briefing held by senior Obama administration figures in Vienna on the eve of an expected nuclear agreement with Iran.
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The Last Tradition, Moe Lane, Weekly Standard and Mediaite
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Justice Stephen Breyer's dissent: Death penalty may be unconstitutional — The death penalty may be unconstitutional, two of the Supreme Court's liberal judges suggested on Monday. — In a dissent to the majority's opinion in Glossip v. Gross, which upheld Oklahoma's use of a key drug used …
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Bloomberg Business and Yahoo Politics
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Danielle Ferguson / Des Moines Register:
Trump says famous hair will get new look in White House — WINTERSET, Ia. - Donald Trump says if he gets elected president, he would have to change his hair style because he wouldn't have time to maintain it, as he would be working his butt off in the White House.
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Los Angeles Times:
Tough vaccination bill expected to pass California Legislature — The California Legislature on Monday is expected to pass a bill requiring mandatory vaccinations for children, moving to end exemptions from state immunization laws based on religious or other personal beliefs.
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S.V. Dáte / National Journal:
Bernie Sanders Is the Best Challenger Hillary Clinton Could've Hoped For — The Vermont senator could make the Democratic front-runner a better candidate in the short-term, and as the race goes on, Clinton's campaign is confident it'll be able to bring Sanders's supporters into the fold.
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The Reaction
David Meyer / Politico:
France arrests Uber executives — The company's French and Western Europe general managers are in custody. — Two of Uber's top executives in France were arrested Monday over the alleged illegality of the car-booking service. — Uber France General Manager Thibaud Simphal …
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