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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 …
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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 …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun restriction
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court upholds law barring domestic abusers from owning guns in major Second Amendment ruling
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Talia Jane / New Republic:
Sotomayor Issues Dire Warning on Supreme Court Ruling on Noncitizens … In a ruling delivered Friday, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that U.S. citizens have no constitutional interest in their noncitizen spouses being able to enter the United States—despite the fact that a married person …
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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 …
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CNN:
Judge Aileen Cannon pushes Trump's lawyer to defend claim that special counsel is part of a ‘shadow government’
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden vs. Trump: Will the First 2024 Debate Jolt the Race? — Is the election a choice between the two, or purely a referendum on the president?
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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.
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 …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
A surprising winner in the Supreme Court gun ruling: Hunter Biden — The court's decision Friday involves a sister provision to the drug-users prohibition that Biden was found guilty of violating. — As the president's son prepares to appeal his recent conviction, he will likely renew …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Amid GOP infighting, judge strips Ohio House speaker of control over Republican caucus campaign fund — A county judge stripped Republican Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens of his control over the GOP caucus' campaign fund on Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in the chamber headed into November's election.
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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 …
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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.
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