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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Former Trump Admin Official Alyssa Farah Stuns CNN's New Day With Revelation About Cassidy Hutchinson  —  Former Trump White House official Alyssa Farah astonished her colleagues on CNN by telling them she helped Cassidy Hutchinson break away from Donald Trump's sphere of influence before her January 6 Committee testimony.
Washington Post:
Hutchinson's testimony shatters any Trump defense of no criminal intent  —  If Donald Trump is ever criminally charged for his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election, the central issue will be his state of mind: Did Trump act with criminal intent?
Esther Wickham / Washington Examiner:
Cassidy Hutchinson did not do her job
Greg Fox / WESH-TV:
Florida judge rules 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  Circuit Judge John Cooper announced Thursday he will be issuing a temporary injunctive order after determining the state's 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional.
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida judge to block new law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks  —  A Florida judge on Thursday announced that he will block a new law to ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy, saying the measure is unconstitutional because it violates the privacy provision of the state's Constitution.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Curbs E.P.A.'s Authority to Address Climate Change  —  The decision was a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency's powers under the Clean Air Act.  It was the latest ruling by a court that has handed down significant decisions on abortion and guns.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions
Washington Post:
‘My anxiety spikes’: Lawyers brace for Supreme Court climate ruling
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
What the Supreme Court's EPA decision could mean for you
Discussion: Common Dreams
John F. Harris / Politico:
Trump Is in Trouble and He Knows It  —  At first blush, the Supreme Court's decision striking down Roe v. Wade doesn't have much to do with the startling revelations produced by the Jan. 6 select committee.  —  Thanks, then, to Donald Trump for helping us get quickly to second blush …
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Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:   Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema WON'T back changing filibuster to codify abortion: Biden's plan to protect Roe in Congress looks dead in the water with moderates refusing to budge
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Will the ‘Pro-Life’ GOP Rep Who Paid for an Abortion Ever Tweet Again?
Discussion: Raw Story
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Kentucky abortion law triggered by Supreme Court decision blocked by judge
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Will Hear Moore v. Harper, the Independent State Legislature Theory Case from North Carolina; This Case Could Severely Curtail the Ability of State Courts to Protect Voting Rights and Stop Partisan Gerrymandering  —  The Supreme Court today just agreed …
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Clarence Thomas suggests Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of ‘aborted children’  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a dissenting opinion Thursday suggested that Covid-19 vaccines were developed using the cells of “aborted children.”  —  The conservative justice's statement came …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court lets vaccine mandate stand, tosses rulings on guns, abortion
Discussion: Associated Press and RedState
Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:
See for yourself: the slides shown to teachers during Florida's civics training sessions  —  The Florida Department of Education's training of educators on new civics standards for K-12 public schools is underway and has prompted some critical comments.  —  When Gov. Ron DeSantis announced …
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Buttigieg Under Fire From Capitol Hill Leaders  —  With July 4th flight cancellations approaching, the transportation secretary is faulted for having no remedial plan.  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a briefing at the White House, May 16, 2022.
Discussion: HuffPost and Common Dreams
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Casey Michel / The Bulwark:
Texas Republicans Get Deadly Serious About Secession  —  The Lone Star State's GOP plays with fire.  —  You may have seen headlines earlier this month about how the Republican Party of Texas, in its biennial convention with thousands of delegates from across the state …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The rot runs deeper  —  What the actions of an obscure Wisconsin political appointee tell us about GOP democratic backsliding  —  The January 6th hearings have illustrated the deep threats to American democracy such that only the most die-hard Trumpists can deny them.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:   Wisconsin Court Validates a Republican Strategy to Preserve Power
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA World Freaks Out at Conservative D.C. Examiner for Calling Trump ‘Unfit’  —  The Examiner dared suggest the latest Jan. 6 testimony was damning against Trump—and MAGA media did not take kindly to that.  —  When a conservative news outlet published a scathing editorial …
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and Breitbart
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court clears Biden to end Trump's ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy  —  The policy requires some asylum seekers who enter the country illegally, mainly from Central and South America, to return to Mexico while they await a hearing  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the Biden administration …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Investigation Of New York City Police Department's Special Victims Division  —  Comprehensive Review of Policies, Procedures and Training, Including SVD's Investigations of Sexual Assault Crimes and Treatment of Survivors  —  The Justice Department announced today …
 
 
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