memeorandum: “Alarm bells about Obergefell”: Sotomayor pens blistering dissent on SCOTUS marriage attack (Griffin Eckstein/Salon)

11:00 PM ET, June 21, 2024

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Shania Shelton / CNN:

Justice Samuel Alito absent from Supreme Court session for second day in a row — Justice Samuel Alito was not present on Friday morning as the Supreme Court handed down opinions in the courtroom, the second day in a row he has been absent. — Alito's absence, for which the Supreme Court …

Discussion: People, Alternet.org, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, New Republic, ABC7 and SCOTUSblog

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

The Supreme Court Just Made an 8-1 Mad Dash Away From Clarence Thomas' Extremism — The Supreme Court upheld a federal law disarming domestic abusers on Friday, significantly narrowing a radical 2022 precedent in the process. Its 8-1 ruling in U.S. v. Rahimi is a major victory for gun safety laws …

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun restriction

Discussion: New York Times, Twitchy, Sun-Sentinel, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, Michigan Advance, New York Daily News, HuffPost, al.com, The Hill, UPI, Washington Post, Breitbart and AllSides Balanced

Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas Says Domestic Abusers Should Own Guns

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller, NY State Attorney General, Washington Examiner, Law Dork, Los Angeles Times, Above the Law, Raw Story, The Daily Signal, Axios, Iowa Capital Dispatch and NewsNation

John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court upholds law barring domestic abusers from owning guns in major Second Amendment ruling

Eric Neugeboren / The Nevada Independent:

Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction — Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Clark County was not an appropriate place to decide the case. — Courts Election 2020 — A Clark County judge has dismissed the charges filed against the six Nevada Republicans …

Discussion: Breitbart, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, AllSides Balanced and New York Times

Ken Ritter / Associated Press:

Judge dismisses charges in Nevada fake electors case over venue question, attorney general to appeal — A judge in Las Vegas dismissed an indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, New Republic, Politico, New York Post, Mediaite, NBC News, Nevada Current, Forbes, Axios, The Hill, Bloomberg and WTOP News

Griffin Eckstein / Salon:

“Alarm bells about Obergefell”: Sotomayor pens blistering dissent on SCOTUS marriage attack — Sotomayor warned gay marriage could be next as her colleagues gutted a U.S. citizen's right to marry a non-citizen — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor used her dissent in a case that struck …

Discussion: Alternet.org and FOX8 WGHP

Talia Jane / New Republic:
Sotomayor Issues Dire Warning on Supreme Court Ruling on Noncitizens

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Politico:

Judge Cannon wants to know whether Merrick Garland is supervising Jack Smith — The judge in Donald Trump's classified documents case asked lawyers how much independence the special counsel has. — FORT PIERCE, Florida — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents …

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, New Republic, The Virginian-Pilot, WTOP News, Courthouse News Service, Forbes, CBS News, NBC News and Alternet.org

CNN:

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes Trump's lawyer to defend claim that special counsel is part of a ‘shadow government’ — Fort Pierce, Florida CNN — One day after it was reported that two federal judges urged Judge Aileen Cannon not to oversee the classified documents case against Donald Trump …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Mediaite, Alternet.org, NBC News, NewsNation, New Republic, Washington Examiner, CBS News, USA Today, Washington Post, Fox News, Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Daily Beast:

Trump Mega Donor Miriam Adelson Opens Up Cash Spigot — MONEY, MONEY, MONEY — After sitting out the Republican primary, the fifth-richest woman in America has given money to Trump and to House and Senate Republicans including Ted Cruz. — Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson …

Discussion: New York Times, The i Paper, Breitbart and Politico

Politico:
Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden's cash advantage

Olivia Rinaldi / CBS News:
Trump to campaign in Virginia after first presidential debate

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Times, Fox News, The Dispatch, WRIC-TV, Vanity Fair, PoliticusUSA, Washington Examiner, AllSides Balanced, Raw Story, USA Today, New York Daily News and CNN

Robert Reich:

60 years ago today, they murdered my protector — I've shared some of this with you, but today marks 60 years since it happened — when the Klan murdered my protector. — I was always the shortest kid in school, which made me an easy target for bullies. To protect myself …

Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:

What the Hell Is Going on With the Supreme Court's Trump Ruling? — BEHIND THE SCENES — The court's deadline to release a decision is next Friday, June 28, but there are fears the conservative majority may have something more sinister up their sleeve. — The Supreme Court released …

Discussion: Steady, emptywheel, RedState, Salon, USA Today and CBS News

David Bauder / Associated Press:

Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash, will stay in Britain — The Washington Post said Friday that newly named editor Robert Winnett has decided not to take the job and remain in Britain instead, another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganization plan has gone disastrously wrong.

Discussion: NPR, RADAR, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, The American Conservative, Mediaite, Washington Times, Deadline, AllSides Balanced, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast and Politico

Washington Post:
Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editor

Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart, New York Times, acecomments.mu.nu, The Wrap, New York Post, Poynter, AllSides Balanced, KSNG-TV and Semafor, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Sainato / The Guardian:

‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state — Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay - as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration — A $9bn food services company is using prisoners to make meals …

Luke Broadwater / New York Times:

On the House Floor, Republicans Gag Mentions of Trump's Conviction — During official proceedings of the G.O.P.-controlled chamber, speaking about former President Donald J. Trump's felony conviction has been forbidden, while disparaging President Biden and Democrats is routine.

Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors

New York Times:

How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts — A flurry of recent clips, many of them edited or lacking context, laid bare a major challenge for the president as he tries to persuade voters he has the energy for a second term. — President Biden has many adversaries in this year's election.

Discussion: HotAir, Associated Press and PolitiFact

New York Times:

Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank — Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel's control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister's recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that.

Discussion: Middle East Monitor and The Guardian

New York Times:

Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump's Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats — Donald J. Trump claims the order has unfairly restricted his free speech rights ahead of his sentencing on 34 felony counts. He has nonetheless attacked the judge, prosecutor and justice system.

Discussion: Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Guardian, Mediaite, Diane Ravitch's blog, AllSides Balanced and New York Daily News

Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Courthouse News Service, CBS News, Raw Story, Politico, USA Today, New York Magazine, Business Insider, New York Post, The Hill, New Republic, PoliticusUSA and AllSides Balanced

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:

Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions — Andrew Bailey's lawsuit is part of series of actions against NY attorney general and Manhattan DA, who both secured Trump convictions — The Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has confirmed that he's suing the state …

Discussion: Newsbusters, New Republic, The Hill, The Western Journal, Fox News, Axios, Raw Story, Breitbart and Attorney General Office …

Joseph Choi / The Hill:

ObamaCare preventive care mandate to stay in place after court ruling — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Christian-owned business can't be compelled to cover preventive medications as is required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but it determined a Texas judge carried out an …

Discussion: Associated Press, Advocate, Roll Call, America First Legal, WisPolitics and Courthouse News Service

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans — Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft …

Discussion: The Register and STAT, more at Techmeme »

Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:

2 killed, 8 wounded in mass shooting outside Arkansas grocery store — Two people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting Friday outside of a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, state police said. One law enforcement officer was among those wounded and has non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Discussion: CNN, Fox News, New York Post, Arkansas Advocate, New York Times, KARK-TV, WHDH-TV, KUSA-TV, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, The Daily Caller, UPI, New York Daily News, The Hill, Reuters, WOOD-TV, AllSides Balanced and WFLA-TV

Stephen Starr / The Guardian:

US farmers turn towards Biden over Trump's past agricultural policies — A growing number of rural Americans now plan to vote for Biden, fearing Trump could cost farmers again — For two decades, Christopher Gibbs, a row crop and cattle farmer in Shelby county, Ohio, was an ardent Republican party member.

Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:

Kyle Rittenhouse's Family: We're His Collateral Damage — ROGUE SON — The far-right darling is accused of leaving his mom and sister high and dry as they fight eviction. — Kyle Rittenhouse has been publicly dragged by his own family, who say the far-right darling left them high and dry …

Discussion: Atlanta Black Star, Alternet.org and Raw Story

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

DJT share price down nearly 50% since Trump guilty verdict … The stock price of Trump Media has nearly been cut in half in the roughly three weeks since a New York jury convicted the company's majority owner, former President Donald Trump, of criminal charges.

Discussion: New York Times and Yahoo Finance

Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:

Biden Is Pouring Millions Into a State Democrats Haven't Won Since 2008 — Democratic incumbent faces steep challenges in North Carolina, but seeks alternative paths to 270 Electoral College votes — President Biden's re-election campaign is making a larger investment in North Carolina …

Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Washington Examiner

Rolling Stone:

Trump's Not ‘Bluffing’: Inside the MAGA Efforts To Make a Second Term Even More Extreme — “Yes, we do really want to burn it all down,” a Republican close to Trump tells Rolling Stone … That's the message one close Trump adviser and former administration official …

Discussion: Alternet.org