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8:50 PM ET, June 25, 2012

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
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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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.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Homeland Security suspends immigration agreements with Arizona police  —  The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline …
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 …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate  —  It wasn't easy for Barack Obama to persuade David Axelrod to take him on as a client.  It took years, actually.  But there was a reason Obama wanted Axelord to be the one to run his campaigns.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration  —  Isn't it time to ask the real, lingering question?  —  Isn't it about time for Justice Antonin Scalia to get his own show on Fox News?  Talking Points Memo: … We really have to run a lot of this post here to take it all in.
Discussion: American Power
Gail Sheehy / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton Warns About Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare  —  As America awaits the Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare, Clinton spells out the dire consequences of the law being struck down—and talks about the prospects for Hillary being president and Chelsea giving him a grandchild.
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.
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.
New York Times:
Blocking Parts of Arizona Law, Justices Allow Its Centerpiece
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
BuzzFeed:
Romney Criticizes Immigration Ruling
Discussion: New York Times
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Justice Scalia rips Obama's deportation directive in dissent on Arizona case
Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill and CNN
CNN:
Health care ruling looms
Discussion: Liberal Values and PoliticsPA
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law
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 …
NY Daily News:
Elmo imposter hassles tourists for money and gets booted from Central Park Zoo  —  Man dressed up as furry Sesame Street Muppet gets taken away on ambulance  —  An emotionally disturbed man dressed as Elmo is taken away by ambulance after hassling tourists for money and shouting obscenties at Central Park Zoo.
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Garth Johnston / Gothamist:
Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park
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.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. treated for exhaustion, takes medical leave  —  Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) has taken a medical leave of absence because he is being treated for exhaustion, according to his office.  —  In a brief statement released Monday, Jackson's staff disclosed that the lawmaker …
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.
Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Latinos strongly backing Obama  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama has built an overwhelming lead among Latino voters, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of Hispanics finds, as Republican challenger Mitt Romney faces a difficult path ahead to make inroads among …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration
Michael Musto / La Daily Musto:
GOProud Is A Bunch Of Jewish Nazis  —  Ever since the conservative gay group GOProud backed Mitt Romney for President last week—albeit by a very slim margin—the epithets and insults have been hurling at them like taunts at a gay kid.  —  But this time, the outrage is justified.
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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans support Obama's health reforms — as long as his name isn't on them  —  The new Reuters-Ipsos poll finds that Obamacare remains deeply unpopular; 56 percent of Americans oppose the law, versus only 44 percent who favor it.  The poll also finds that strong majorities of Americans favor …
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Porn and Journalism Have the Same Big Problem  —  Nobody wants to pay for their products.  —  The smut business just isn't what it used to be.  —  The early days of the Internet were a bonanza for major pornography studios, as the web transformed adult entertainment into an instant …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM
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 …
 
 
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Misha Glenny / New York Times:
A Weapon We Can't Control  —  THE decision by the United States …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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