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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decision  —  Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.  —  Donald J. Trump began an effort on Monday to throw …
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Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Supreme Court Impeachment Plan Released by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  announced plans to introduce articles of impeachment against the U.S.  —  justices on Monday after the court ruled that presidents have immunity for official actions.  —  The court on Monday ruled that former presidents …
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially  —  Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable.  —  Pocket  —  Welp, Donald Trump won.  The Supreme Court today ruled that presidents are entitled to …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence  —  The Supreme Court's immunity decision directed the trial court to hold hearings on what portions of the indictment can survive — a possible chance for prosecutors to set out their case in public before Election Day.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling Avoids the Obvious: He's Running Again  — Trump has long pushed to delay a trial until after election  — Majority sent case back to lower court to reconsider immunity  —  The Supreme Court's decision declaring Donald Trump partially immune …
Discussion: DNyuz, Washington Examiner and NOTUS
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Puts Trump Above the Law  —  And gives him permission for a despotic second term.  —  Near the top of their sweeping, lawless opinion in Trump v. United States, Donald Trump's defenders on the Supreme Court repeat one of the most basic principles of American constitutional government …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Thomas uses Trump immunity ruling to question Jack Smith appointment
Maya Homan / USA Today:
What is presumptive immunity? Here's what the Supreme Court ruling could mean for Trump
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts' Legacy to American Democracy
David Corn / Mother Jones:
“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
AOC threatens Supreme Court articles of impeachment over immunity ruling
emptywheel:
Justice Roberts' Drone Strike on George Washington's Legacy
Discussion: Law Dork
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
AOC to File ‘Articles of Impeachment’ Following Supreme Court Immunity Ruling: ‘Corruption Crisis Beyond Its Control’
Avery Lotz / Axios:
“The president is now a king”: Key lines from Trump immunity ruling
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the Supreme Court's Trump immunity decision
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
What's next for Trump's criminal cases after SCOTUS immunity ruling
Politico:
Trump's election subversion case heads back to Judge Chutkan. But it may never reach a jury.
USA Today:
How much did debate hurt Biden's re-election bid?  New poll offers insight.  —  Trump's new, narrow advantage signals a close contest, not a decisive lead.  But other exclusive poll findings raise red flags for the president.  —  Susan Page Rachel BarberUSA TODAY
Discussion: New York Post
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Warns That Supreme Court's Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
There's No Clean Way to Replace Biden and Harris
Discussion: New York Post
Gregg Montgomery / WISH-TV:
Rep. Spartz charged with weapons violation at DC airport  —  U.S. Rep. Spartz charged with airport weapons violation  —  (WISH) — U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with a weapons violation at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.  —  A spokesperson for Metropolitan …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals  —  A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jesse Scheckner / Florida Politics:
Unsealed: Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury records now viewable online  —  The records have long been sealed due to state limitations on exposing grand jury evidence.  Lawmakers passed narrowly tailored legislation in February to circumvent those restrictions.  —  More than 150 transcript pages …
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court lets a truck stop sue the Federal Reserve in latest threat to agency regulations  —  The Supreme Court on Monday revived a lawsuit by a North Dakota truck stop that is challenging the fees banks can charge for debit-card transactions in a ruling that could have deeper implications for other government regulations.
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Extends Time Frame for Challenges to Regulations
Josh Meyer / USA Today:
Trump raked in big money from foreign nations.  Experts fear he'd do it more if re-elected  —  The countries include human rights violators and U.S. adversaries, raising questions about how Trump's financial interests affect national security.  —  WASHINGTON - If former President Donald Trump wins …
New York Times:
Cash Crunch Squeezes Kennedy Amid Costly Fight for Ballot Spots  —  Confronting steep debts and some layoffs, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is increasingly consumed by the battle for ballot access, with his allies quietly putting money into a new legal fund.
Discussion: Axios
Pranav Dixit / Engadget:
Midjourney is creating Donald Trump pictures when asked for images of ‘the president of the United States’  —  This is in spite of Midjourney's self-imposed ban on creating Trump and Biden images ahead of the US presidential election.  —  Midjourney, a popular AI-powered image generator …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Bloomberg:
Democrats Weigh Mid-July Vote to Formally Tap Biden as Nominee  —  The Democratic National Committee is considering formally nominating Joe Biden as early as mid-July to ensure that the president is on November ballots, while helping to stamp out intra-party chatter of replacing him after last week's poor debate performance.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
We're Going to Have to Talk About President Joe Biden, Candidate  —  The Brokered Convention is a glorious fantasy for people who cover politics and know absolutely nothing about political history.  —  As reluctant as I am to join the general scrum that resulted from the president's desultory performance …
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Steve Bannon set to begin 4-month prison sentence for defying congressional subpoena
 

 
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