memeorandum: Supreme Court's next term could be just as contentious (Oriana Gonzalez/Axios)

10:30 AM ET, July 2, 2022

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Trump Eyes Early 2024 Announcement as Jan. 6 Scrutiny Intensifies — Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations. Some Republicans are worried. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Althouse, Conservative Brief, Raw Story, NBC News, Liberty Unyielding, The Daily Beast and HotAir

Lawfare:

Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Changed Our Minds About Indicting Donald Trump — Until Tuesday, we had both publicly stated that the Department of Justice had insufficient evidence to indict former President Trump for his conduct on Jan. 6. Our conclusion, which we each came to independently …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

CNN:

Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year — Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and berated his protective detail when he didn't get his way, according to two Secret Service sources …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Independent, Hackwhackers, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, BizPac Review, Mediaite, HotAir, Richard's Almanac, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, Insider, Political Wire and Politico

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Lock Her Up? Totally Not-Worried Trump Rants About Jailing Cassidy Hutchinson in Tweetstorm-esque Posts — Former President Donald Trump is so unconcerned by Cassidy Hutchinson testimony he insists is false, he went on a social media rant suggesting she be criminally prosecuted.

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story, El País and PoliticusUSA

Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 inquiry thrusts Secret Service back into center of controversy

Discussion: Raw Story and National Review

CNN:
Meadows intermediary may have tried to influence Hutchinson's testimony to January 6 committee, sources say

Discussion: Insider, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Raw Story, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Election Systems …, Hackwhackers, Daily Kos, NBC News and The Onion

The Hill:
Pat Cipollone can aid or impede Jan. 6 Committee's search for truth

Discussion: Brass & Iron Newsletter

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney's harsh new attack on Trump is a plea for GOP sanity

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Straight Arrow News, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Insider and Mother Jones

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The Jan. 6 committee charade

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, Slate, Twitchy and Raw Story

Cincinnati.com:

As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure — On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio.

Discussion: The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider

Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw

Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, Political Wire and Ohio Capital Journal

Washington Post:

Democracy advocates raise alarm after Supreme Court takes election case — The decision to consider “independent legislature theory” concerned voting rights advocates who say state lawmakers could twist the election laws to favor their party — Voting rights advocates expressed alarm Friday …

Discussion: Slender Threads and Thats Another Fine Mess

Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:

Supreme Court's next term could be just as contentious — The most recent Supreme Court term ended with its conservative majority getting rid of major precedents — most notably Roe v. Wade — and setting new ones on religion and guns. … Here's a look at some of the most prominent cases the court has already agreed to hear.

Discussion: Washington Post

New York Times:

N.Y. Lawmakers Respond on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings — Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in many public places, as well as an amendment that would initiate the process of enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.

Discussion: Reason, Reuters and Washington Post

Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:

Gun permit process in NY could include social media check — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature.

Discussion: Louder With Crowder, Crime Prevention …, HotAir, WTOP News and nationalinterest.org

Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:

Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor — But she also wants to be known as more. At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — PRINCETON, N.J. — Solveig Lucia Gold was setting the table in her backyard …

Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:

Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion — Abortion “abolitionists” are the outer edge of the anti-abortion movement. They're looking to gain followers after the decision to overturn Roe, unsettling mainstream anti-abortion groups. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:

Biden Seeks to Block New Offshore Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific — Five-year drilling plan could allow limited leasing off Alaska and in Gulf of Mexico; oil industry sought greater expansion — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to block new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic …

Discussion: Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Likely Backers: Very Few.

Discussion: CNN

Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Interior proposes new offshore oil and gas lease sales in loss for green agenda

Discussion: Associated Press and Politico

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:

Youngkin appoints Trump EPA chief to new post after failed Cabinet bid — RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week created a new office designed to slash state regulations and put it under the direction of Andrew Wheeler, the former Trump administration official rejected earlier this year for the Virginia governor's Cabinet.

Discussion: Virginia Mercury, The Hill and Blue Virginia

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

Spurred by the Supreme Court, a Nation Divides Along a Red-Blue Axis — On abortion, climate change, guns and much more, two Americas — one liberal, one conservative — are moving in opposite directions. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Pressed by Supreme Court decisions diminishing rights …

Discussion: THE UPSTATE AMERICAN

Tony Diver / Telegraph:

Fifty-year mortgages that you pass on to your children - the new plan to boost home ownership — Japanese-style proposals being considered by Boris Johnson would allow first-time buyers to borrow more over a longer period — Homeowners could take out Japanese-style 50-year mortgages …

Francesca D'Annunzio / Dallas Morning News:

Feds show up at home of North Texas woman who posted angry tweets after Roe decision — Garland resident wrote, “Slaughter them all,” and called for burning down government buildings after the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. The Department of Homeland Security was not amused.

Discussion: WEB OF EVIL

Phillips Payson O'Brien / The Atlantic:

Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power — In times of peace, much of what anyone says about national power is guesswork. Different claims can be based on hopes, prejudices, or even simple self-interest. Analysts and experts can speak confidently about how some states …

Discussion: HotAir, The Economist, New York Post, nationalinterest.org, Telegraph, World Socialist Web Site, The Slavland Chronicles, David Alton, Insider, Bloomberg, Graham's Newsletter, Aearnur's Newsletter, Associated Press and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post: Prison doesn't give me many views of the sun

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:

Trump Media is subpoenaed in federal inquiry of Truth Social deal. — The investigation threatens to delay a merger that would provide Trump Media and its platform, Truth Social, with up to $1.3 billion. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The investigation by federal prosecutors …

Discussion: Quartz and The Hill

Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune:

Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota — Industry advocates see law as an “oddity” allowing for recreational use while stopping just short of full marijuana legalization. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minnesotans who are 21 or older …

Discussion: CBS News, HuffPost, Minnesota Reformer, Insider, Marijuana Moment and The Why Axis

Daniel Dale / CNN:

Lie as litmus test: Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake calls it ‘disqualifying’ for rival not to declare 2020 election ‘stolen’ — A leading Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, continues to put lies about the 2020 presidential election at the center of her campaign …

Discussion: Insider and Raw Story

Joe Carroll / Bloomberg:

JPMorgan Sees ‘Stratospheric’ $380 Oil on Worst-Case Russian Cut — Global oil prices could reach a “stratospheric” $380 a barrel if US and European penalties prompt Russia to inflict retaliatory crude-output cuts, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts warned. — The Group of Seven nations …