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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court decides endangered species, religion, student speech, campaign finance cases; four new grants — Amid several 5-4 rulings on the merits, the Supreme Court on Monday granted four cases for review next Term, including a significant test case on the use of references to the O.J. Simpson …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court allows issue ads near elections — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law. — The court, split 5-4, upheld an appeals court ruling …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court Tightens Limits on Student Speech — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court tightened limits on student speech Monday, ruling against a high school student and his 14-foot-long "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner. — Schools may prohibit student expression that can be interpreted as advocating drug use …
Bill Mears / CNN:
'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case tightens student speech … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case — a split decision that limits students' free speech rights. — Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Allows 'Issue Ads' Near Elections — The Supreme Court today substantially weakened the McCain-Feingold campaign finance act's restrictions on the kinds of ads corporations, unions and special interest groups may run in the days before an election.
Joshua Muravchik / Opinion Journal:
Winds of War — Iran is making a mistake that may lead the Middle East into a broader conflict. — Several conflicts of various intensities are raging in the Middle East. But a bigger war, involving more states—Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the Palestinian Authority and perhaps …
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TigerHawk, Neptunus Lex, Brendan Nyhan, The Glittering Eye, Blue Crab Boulevard, Jules Crittenden and The Atlantic Online
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Center for American Progress:
Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East — With the Iraq war well into its fifth year, the Bush administration still lacks a realistic plan for the Middle East and Iraq. The United States must reclaim control of its core national security interests by taking active steps …
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
McCain could pull out of race by autumn — Presidential hopeful drops campaign staff as Republican consultants predict he'll be gone by September — THE former presidential front-runner, John McCain, may drop out of the 2008 race by September if his fundraising dries up and his poll ratings continue …
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Associated Press:
Nevada Poll Puts Thompson, Clinton Ahead — THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans and Democrats in Nevada. — THE NUMBERS — Republicans — Fred Thompson, 25 percent — Mitt Romney, 20 percent — Rudy Giuliani, 17 percent — John McCain, 8 percent — Democrats
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Sessions says support for immigration bill is eroding — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a key opponent to the bipartisan immigration bill that will be taken up again next week, said Sunday that support for the legislation "continues to erode." — Sessions noted that some of the senators …
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Jonathan Owen / The Independent:
Too little, too late: Gore blames scientists for climate crisis — US could have acted sooner if experts had reached consensus — In an extraordinary outburst aimed at America's failure to tackle global warming, Al Gore says that if scientific agreement on the climate crisis had been reached sooner …
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Michael Yon:
Drilling for Justice — Army officers have been pleased with Michael Gordon's portrayal of the events in Baqubah. — On 19 June American forces sealed off Baqubah and began attacking targets within the city. The immediate goal of Arrowhead Ripper was to free Baqubah of al Qaeda …
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Jo Becker / New York Times:
Murdoch Reaches Out for Even More — In the fall of 2003, a piece of Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media empire was in jeopardy. — Congress was on the verge of limiting any company from owning local television stations that reached more than 35 percent of American homes.
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Pete Hegseth / Washington Post:
Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd — As an Iraq war veteran who participated in combat operations and political reconciliation efforts, I take issue with some of the arguments repeatedly being made on Capitol Hill. Most recently I was bothered by statements from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) …
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