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11:40 AM ET, June 18, 2012

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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Opinion: Defeat of healthcare law would erode voters' trust in Supreme Court  —  Every political strategist working the fall elections sees a game changer coming by the end of the month.  —  That's when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act.
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Bloomberg:
Supreme Court's Super Mondays Don't Serve Justice  —  For court watchers, the drama is becoming unbearable.  With just two Mondays left on the U.S. Supreme Court's calendar to announce opinions — June 18 and 25 — the five most important cases of the term all remain undecided.
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Whitehouse: ‘Very Little’ Hope For Bipartisan Push …
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and CANNONFIRE
Washington Post:
Egypt's military issues decree giving vast powers to armed forces, but few to president  —  CAIRO — Egypt's military leaders issued a constitutional decree Sunday that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as the Muslim Brotherhood declared …
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BBC:
Egypt's military granted powers
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egypt rulers promise power transfer by end of June
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Greece as Victim  —  Ever since Greece hit the skids, we've heard a lot about what's wrong with everything Greek.  Some of the accusations are true, some are false — but all of them are beside the point.  Yes, there are big failings in Greece's economy, its politics and no doubt its society.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ann Romney: ‘I doubt’ we'll take as many overseas vacations as the Obamas  —  Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said Monday that she doubted that she and her husband would vacation overseas as frequently as the Obamas if her husband were to win election.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney mum on whether he'd overturn Obama immigration move
Discussion: Business Insider and Taylor Marsh
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The folly of Obamacare  —  We pay our presidents for judgment, and President Obama committed a colossal error of judgment in making health-care “reform” a centerpiece of his first term.  Ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — and regardless of how the court decides …
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Beast
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Avik Roy / The Apothecary:
Scalia and Ginsburg Drop Hints about Obamacare's Fate at the Supreme Court
Brantley Hargrove / Unfair Park:
A Guide to How Obama's New Immigration Policy Will Work, And a Word of Caution  —  President Barack Obama announced Friday afternoon that the Department of Homeland Security will no longer attempt to deport young undocumented immigrants brought here as children, signaling a compassionate shift …
Discussion: The Reaction
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CNN:
Romney's ‘Doing Fine?’ becomes ‘¿Van Bien?’  —  (CNN) - Mitt Romney unveiled a Spanish language version of an English ad he released last week targeting President Barack Obama's record on the economy, days after the president announced a new policy aimed at stopping the deportation of some young illegal immigrants.
Eugene Scott / Arizona Republic:
MCSO arrests girl, 6, suspected of illegal immigration  —  Maricopa County Sheriff Office deputies arrested a 6-year-old suspected illegal immigrant Friday, the day President Barack Obama softened the country's deportation policy toward young illegal immigrants.
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Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler:
Six-Year-Old Illegal Alien Gets Arrested. Whose Fault Is It?
Discussion: alicublog
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant
WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Angus King Heavy Favorite To Replace Sen. Snowe  —  A new WBUR poll shows former Maine Gov. Angus King as the heavy favorite to replace retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.  Current poll numbers have King, who is running as an independent, with 50 percent of likely voters …
Bloomberg:
The Obama Campaign Needs an Intervention  —  During a focus group in Denver last week, Jeffrey Penny laid out his “criteria” for giving President Barack Obama his vote this year as he did in 2008.  —  “I just want to see specifics and quit the trash talk,” the 31-year-old web designer …
Discussion: Vodkapundit
Tara Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Giant Mushroom Cloud In Beijing (VIDEO) (PHOTOS) … FOLLOW:  —  Foreign Affairs, Video, Mushroom Clouds, Beijing, Beijing Mushroom Cloud, Beijing-China, China Mushroom Cloud, China Pollution, Green Haze, Haze, Massive Mushroom Cloud China, Mushroom Cloud Beijing, Mushroom Cloud Beijing Photos, World News
Daily Mail:
Obama's Harvard law professor says ‘President MUST be defeated in 2012’ (even though he's the man Barack used to have on speed dial)  —  A former professor of Barack Obama has turned against his one-time student and publicly urged voters not to re-elect him.
Discussion: Mediaite and Reuters
New York Post:
Businesses make $4M off NYC students by holding their cellphones during school  —  The city's ban on cellphones in schools is taking an amazing $4.2 million a year out of kids' pockets, a Post analysis has found.  —  The students — who attend the nearly 90 high schools and middle schools …
Ezra Klein / New Yorker:
UNPOPULAR MANDATE … - FRONT ROW - PHOTO BOOTH - PAGE-TURNER - CLOSE READ - DAILY COMMENT - JOHN CASSIDY - JONAH LEHRER - SPORTS
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama plays 100th round of golf as president  —  CHICAGO — President Obama is spending Father's Day in his hometown playing the 100th round of golf of his presidency.  —  After a late night at the wedding of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett's daughter Laura, the president was out of the house …
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Council for Secular Humanism:
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Thomas Lovejoy / New York Times:
What Rio Can Do  —  Twenty years after the largest gathering …
Discussion: Power Line and Mashable!
The Right Scoop:
MUST WATCH: Sen. Marco Rubio's speech at Faith and Freedom Coalition conference
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
French Socialists Win Majority in Parliament
Discussion: Economix, Telegraph and The Agonist
New York Times:
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters fear US could slip into a double-dip recession
Discussion: Ballot Box
Justin Worland / Roll Call:
Scott Walker Raises Washington Profile
Peter J. Boyer / The Daily Beast:
Chris Christie: Call Me, Mitt
Jason Burke / Guardian:
Iran was behind bomb plot against Israeli diplomats, investigators find
Discussion: World and Israel Matzav
David Catanese / Politico:
Josh Mandel kept afloat by outside cash
Discussion: Dayton Daily News and Power Line