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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote. Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held that total population …
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs' Claim in Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case — A unanimous Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott (with two Justices (Thomas and Alito) concurring in the judgment) has rejected the argument that states must draw district lines …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’ — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states may satisfy “one person, one vote” rules by drawing legislative districts based …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court rejects voting-district case that would have weakened California's clout
Supreme Court rejects voting-district case that would have weakened California's clout
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP files Supreme Court brief against Obama's immigration actions
Senate GOP files Supreme Court brief against Obama's immigration actions
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
Opinion analysis: Leaving a constitutional ideal still undefined
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee — On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
The “Draft Paul Ryan” fantasy: A soothing fiction to make donor-class Republicans feel better — GOP insiders are fooling themselves into believing Paul Ryan is a viable alternative to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — The enthusiasm bubbling around Ted Cruz's campaign to derail Donald Trump's surge …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source — A major investor in the Republican Party sees a chance to snatch back the nomination. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates — Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight. — The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Trump: Having to Get 1,237 Delegates For the Nomination Is ‘Very Unfair’
Trump: Having to Get 1,237 Delegates For the Nomination Is ‘Very Unfair’
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Acting more presidential would be ‘boring as hell’
Trump: Acting more presidential would be ‘boring as hell’
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
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Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
Ted Cruz to Megyn Kelly: Donald Trump has a ‘problem with strong women’
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Reuters:
World figures deny wrongdoing as ‘Panama Papers’ turn spotlight on tax evasion — Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
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Bloomberg.com:
Bernie Sanders: I Don't Want to Get Hillary Clinton More Nervous Than She Already Is — At a campaign event in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders said he thinks he'll win the state's primary if there is a high voter turnout. While not wanting to “get Hillary Clinton more nervous than she already is …
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New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign — The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers. — Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history. — On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California — California and New York become first states to commit to $15 minimum wage — Bill expected to avert costly November ballot measure fight — Labor unions celebrate, while Republicans and business groups groan
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Governor Jerry Brown Set to Sign $15 Minimum Wage Law
Governor Jerry Brown Set to Sign $15 Minimum Wage Law
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NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge — Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco — California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare — Republicans, already girding for their most tumultuous convention in decades, now have another fight brewing: a divisive battle over gay marriage on the party's official national platform. — It's an issue that drives intense passion …
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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Yes, The Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists — Hey, lefties, we finally found your racists for you. — For as long as I can remember, people like me—by which I mean advocates of capitalism and free markets and freedom of speech—have been accused by the left of being secret racists …
NBC Connecticut:
2 Arrested After Dispute Over Crab Legs Turns Violent — A 21-year-old man was punched in the face and lost a tooth in the dispute — Police in Manchester, Connecticut arrested a husband and wife after an argument at Royal Buffet got out of hand on Saturday night.
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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Four arrested for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth — VERNAL, Utah — Four men were booked into jail on felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend.
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Economic models predict GOP White House, even with Trump — Republicans are expected to win the White House under two economic models that have accurately forecast presidential elections for decades. — A third model run by Moody's Analytics predicts Democrats will win the White House …
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Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand — A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules - by raising her hand. — Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs …
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The Daily Beast:
Intel Analysts: We Were Forced Out for Telling the Truth About Obama's ISIS War — The growing scandal over cooked ISIS intelligence just got much worse. Now, analysts are saying they're being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration's line on the war.
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FIRE:
FIRE Aims to Challenge Legality of Federal Sexual Misconduct Mandate — Five years ago today, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced sweeping new requirements for colleges and universities adjudicating allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi RV park owner evicts interracial couple — TUPELO — A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin. — “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is Hispanic …
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