memeorandum: John Roberts Rejects the Census Citizenship Question Because Trump Officials Lied About It (Mark Joseph Stern/Slate)

2:05 PM ET, June 27, 2019

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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:

How John Roberts Might Allow Trump to Resurrect the Census Question — Despite a favorable ruling for opponents of the census citizenship question on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not definitively decide to exclude the citizenship question from the 2020 census.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Political Wire and Common Dreams

Sam Baker / Axios:

Supreme Court: Partisan gerrymandering “beyond the reach” of federal courts — In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said that cases about partisan gerrymandering are “beyond the reach of the federal courts” — a blow to voting-rights activists and Democrats. — Why it matters …

Discussion: Politico, Vox and Political Wire

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.

Discussion: The Week, GeekWire and Outside the Beltway

Devin Dwyer / ABC News:

Supreme Court blocks Trump administration on census citizenship question — Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, sending the matter …

Discussion: Vox, Politico, Washington Post, twitchy.com and Shareblue Media

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate: John Roberts Rejects the Census Citizenship Question Because Trump Officials Lied About It

Fox News:
Supreme Court blocks citizenship question in 2020 census for now

Discussion: Judicial Watch, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says federal courts don't have a role in deciding partisan gerrymandering claims

Discussion: Mother Jones

Steven Shepard / Politico: Justices: Federal courts can't police partisan gerrymandering

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court blocks 2020 census citizenship question

Discussion: KTLA and United We Dream

Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts

Discussion: The Federalist and Big League Politics

Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Declines to Set Limits on Political Gerrymandering

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Ariane de Vogue / CNN: Supreme Court allows severe partisan gerrymandering to continue

Washington Post:

Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate — Ten Democratic primary candidates faced off tonight in the first night of the first 2020 presidential debate. The Washington Post tracked the amount of time each candidate spoke. — Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) …

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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:

The Land Mine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth Warren — On several occasions in Wednesday night's Democratic debate, the NBC moderators invited candidates to take a shot at Elizabeth Warren, and neither of her fellow senators, Amy Klobuchar or Cory Booker, took the bait.

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:

The winner of the first Democratic debate: Donald Trump — Analysis: The Republican commander in chief emerged from the scrap largely unscathed, while several of his would-be rivals took aim at each other instead. — MIAMI — President Donald Trump was the big winner of the first 2020 Democratic debate.

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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mocks Beto and Booker's ‘Humorous’ Spanish Skills at Democratic Debate

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren proved she's ready for the big show

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TIME:
The First Debate Showed How Far to the Left Democrats Have Moved

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David Catanese / US News: Seth Moulton Missed The First Debate. He Doesn't Think It Matters.

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Elizabeth Warren Takes a Huge Risk by Calling to End Private Health Insurance

Discussion: Progress Pond, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon

Associated Press:
Takeaways from the Democratic presidential debate

Discussion: WPIX 11 New York, Sean Hannity and WND

Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Booker and Castro Thrive, Warren Coasts, and Beto Crashes

Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse

New York Times:
Democrats Diverge on Economy and Immigration in First Debate

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post, Politico, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Political Wire and Washington Monthly

Washington Post:

Tillerson told House panel that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson met privately with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month to discuss the Trump administration's foreign policy, including issues related to Russia.

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — In newly disclosed testimony, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner operated independently with world leaders without coordination with the State Department …

The Daily Beast:

‘Angry’ Rex Tillerson Says Jared Kushner Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy — The former secretary of state accused the president's son-in-law of setting up his own private State Department, according to a congressional transcript seen by The Daily Beast. — Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claims …

Nahal Toosi / Politico:
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner

Discussion: Axios

Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump says what happens in Putin meeting is ‘none of your business’

Discussion: Mediaite

New York Times:

Corroborating E. Jean Carroll … The writer E. Jean Carroll came forward last week with explosive accusations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Today, the two women who corroborated her account go on the record for the first time with our colleague. — On today's episode:

Discussion: CNN, Vox, VICE, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Slate, Washington Times, twitchy.com and Splinter

Daniel Victor / New York Times:

Two Women Who Heard E. Jean Carroll's Account of Being Attacked by Trump Go Public — Two women in whom E. Jean Carroll confided about having allegedly been sexually attacked by Donald Trump in the 1990s spoke publicly about it for the first time in an interview excerpted on the New York Times podcast …

Discussion: Shakesville, VICE, The Week, Althouse, Mediaite, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America

Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press: Latest sex accusation against Trump lands with a thud

Washington Post:

Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump's account — The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians …

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules — New York (CNN Business)Twitter plans to place a disclaimer on future tweets from world leaders that break its rules but which Twitter decides are in the “public interest,” the company said in a blog post Thursday.

Discussion: TheBlaze

Twitter:

Defining public interest on Twitter — Our highest priority is to protect the health of the public conversation on Twitter, and an important part of that is ensuring our rules and how we enforce them are easy to understand. In the past, we've allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, TechCrunch, Mashable, Engadget, Deadline, Splinter, The Week, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Heading to G-20, Trump Once Again Assails America's Friends — OSAKA, Japan — President Trump, arriving in Japan on Thursday, opened his latest foreign trip much as he did his last one, lashing out at America's allies, including his hosts, just before sitting down with them to talk through differences …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Guardian, Defense One, CNBC, Roll Call, Washington Post, Daily Kos, TheBlaze, Al Jazeera and Bloomberg

Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press: US economy grew at solid 3.1% rate in first quarter

Carol Robinson / al.com:

Woman indicted in shooting death of her unborn child; charges against shooter dismissed — A woman whose unborn baby was killed in a 2018 Pleasant Grove shooting has now been indicted in the death. — Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Birmingham woman, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge.

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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times: Alabama Woman Who Lost Pregnancy in Shooting Is Charged in Fetus's Death

Franco Ordoñez / NPR:

Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops — The Trump administration wants to scale back a program that protects undocumented family members of active-duty troops from being deported, according to attorneys familiar with those plans.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Slate and TheBlaze

Alex Pappas / Fox News:

Julián Castro claims momentum, denies advocating ‘open borders,’ after debate performance — MIAMI - After months of struggling for attention in the crowded Democratic presidential primary, former Obama administration official Julián Castro claimed momentum in the wake …

Discussion: Axios, Politico and Breitbart