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4:45 PM ET, June 25, 2012

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5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics — (Midnight update: This item went up three hours ago with a more blunt-instrument headline than it should ever have had: “5 Signs the United States is Undergoing a Coup.” I used the word “coup” in a particular way in the longer item this was drawn from.

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Kevin Russell / SCOTUSblog:

Court strikes down much of Arizona immigration law — This morning, the Court handed down its decision in Arizona v. United States, the case involving Arizona's attempt to supplement federal immigration enforcement through several state law measures. The Court reviewed four provisions of the statute …

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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMDC — Justice Scalia Rages Against Obama On Immigration — In his aggressive defense of Arizona's immigration law, Justice Antonin Scalia pointedly went after President Obama's recent immigration policy shift and accused him of deliberately refusing to enforce immigration statutes.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, SCOTUSblog, Riehl World View, Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog, INSTAPUTZ and Dave Winer

Wall Street Journal:

Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law — The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's tough immigration law but struck down others as intrusions on federal sovereignty, in a ruling that gave both sides something to cheer in advance of November elections where immigration is a major issue.

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New York Times:

Blocking Parts of Arizona Law, Justices Allow Its Centerpiece — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona's tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most controversial provision but blocking the implementation of others.

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Alexander Burns / Politico:

The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated) — Mitt Romney released a statement earlier today emphasizing the right of states to enact immigration policies, but not actually commenting directly on the substance of today's Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law.

Discussion: Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Mediaite, The Maddow Blog, News Desk and Business Insider

Fox News:

States face uphill climb on immigration enforcement after court ruling, DHS policy change — States seeking to take immigration enforcement into their own hands are facing an uphill climb, after the Supreme Court reined in Arizona's disputed law and the Obama administration followed by rescinding …

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh, Babalú Blog, The Spectacle Blog and NewsBusters.org blogs

The White House:

Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States — I am pleased that the Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's immigration law. What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform.

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Mj Lee / Politico:
Jan Brewer: SCOTUS ruling a ‘victory’

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Justice Scalia rips Obama's deportation directive in dissent on Arizona case

Discussion: CNN and Hot Air

Rachel Leven / The Hill:
Supreme Court summarily reverses Montana's Citizens United case

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate

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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Supreme Court's Montana decision strengthens Citizens United

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Democratic Daily, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Wake up America

Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Salon

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Four Takeaways From Today's Arizona Immigration Decision

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, The Raw Story and The Political Carnival

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Supreme Court upholds key immigration status check provision of Arizona law

Discussion: Examiner

Richard Pildes / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News: The Montana Campaign Finance Decision, the Supreme Court, and “Public Opinion”

Discussion: Firedoglake, National Review, Washington Post, The Political Carnival and Taylor Marsh

Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post:
Arizona Immigration Law ‘Gutted’ In Split Supreme Court Ruling

Discussion: The New Republic

New York Post: Slapping a friend — For the past couple of months …

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona for now; strikes down other provisions

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Associated Press:
Court Rejects Corporate Campaign Spending Limits

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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:

A Cruel and Unusual Record — THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. — Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violation of human rights has extended.

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration — Healthcare, unemployment are tops among six issues tested — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Hispanics prioritize immigration, healthcare, and unemployment to equal degrees, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking about the importance of six national policy issues.

Discussion: Ballot Box, Business Insider, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Univision News Tumblr, Pirate's Cove, GOP 12, New York Magazine and The Page

Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Latinos strongly backing Obama

Discussion: Washington Post, Little Green Footballs, Washington Wire, ABCNEWS and Outside the Beltway

Garth Johnston / Gothamist:

Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park — Elmo gets carried away on a stretcher (@Kathleen_Loftus's twitter). — Could Shackle Me Elmo—"press his belly and he spews anti-Semitic vitriol!"—be the next big thing? We ask because not everyone was happy in yesterday's beautiful weather …

Discussion: Gawker, The Daily What and nation.foxnews.com

NY Daily News:
Elmo imposter hassles tourists for money and gets booted from Central Park Zoo

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:

DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Getting Booted — Back in April, the Shark Tank floated the likelihood that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman (DNC) Debbie Wasserman Schultz was perhaps on her way out as DNC Chairwoman. We now have learned that Wasserman Schultz will not be back as DNC Chairwoman after the November elections.

Discussion: Moe Lane, Sister Toldjah, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, UrbanGrounds, The Lonely Conservative, Jammie Wearing Fools and The Daily Caller

Kelly Cernetich / PoliticsPA:

Turzai: Voter ID Law Means Romney Can Win PA — House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) told the Republican State Committee that Voter ID will allow Romney to win PA. — State Treasurer candidate Diana Irey Vaughan may have stolen the show at the Republican State Committee meeting …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Raw Story and The Maddow Blog

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Hill Poll: Voters: Obama over-reached blocking Fast and Furious docs — A clear majority of likely voters believes President Obama has exercised his executive power inappropriately — particularly in blocking the release of documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a new poll for The Hill.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

Lewis Page / The Register:

Antarctic ice shelves not melting at all, new field data show — Crafty boffins got elephant seals to survey for them — Twenty-year-old models which have suggested serious ice loss in the eastern Antarctic have been compared with reality for the first time - and found to be wrong …

Discussion: Questions and Observations

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Great Abdication — Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers. For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 — the year F.D.R. shifted …

Discussion: The Monkey Cage, Business Insider, Firedoglake and News Desk

Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:

Simple Solutions For Cooling Down Hot Cars — by Greg Rucks, via Rocky Mountain Institute — On this first day of summer, many car owners are likely to experience the following scenario: enter your car to leave work for the day and the temperature is sweltering—much hotter than outside.

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