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8:45 PM ET, July 21, 2013

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Bob Ward / Aspen Times:

In Snowmass, Scalia says judges should not be policy makers — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used the twin terrors of Nazi Germany and radical Islam to warn a Snowmass Village audience Saturday about the dangers of judicial activism. — Speaking to a gathering …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Peak Scalia — With his own claims to originalism fading fast, Scalia suggests liberal judicial activism, practiced by some of colleagues on the Court, is part of what brought about the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. The speech was an address to the Utah State Bar Association. — From the Aspen Times ...

CBS News:

Violence continues in France over Islamic veil ban — Some 20 cars have been torched and four people detained in a second night of violence in suburbs west of Paris. — France's interior minister said Sunday that the incidents overnight targeted the town of Elancourt.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch

RT:
Violence unveiled: Paris clashes sparked after police stop Muslim woman

Discussion: The Jawa Report

Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

The Time Obama Was Mistaken for a Waiter at a Tina Brown Book Party — He was a state senator then, and one of the few African Americans at the elite New York media event. — Obama's frank remarks on race and how he also has been seen as someone less than who he is led journalist Katie Rosman …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

McCain Praises Obama's Race Speech: 'We've Still Got A Long Way To Go' On Race Relations — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called on lawmakers across the country, including in his home state of Arizona, to review the Stand Your Ground law that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free in the days …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Ashley Killough / CNN:
McCain calls for review of ‘stand your ground’ laws

Discussion: State of the Union and Yahoo! News

Juliet Lapidos / New York Times:

The 'Ender's Game' Boycott — The film “Ender's Game” tells the story of a gifted child sent to a military academy in space to prepare for an alien invasion. It's catnip for the Comic-Con crowd, and Lionsgate Entertainment wants to position it as November's big-budget blockbuster.

Discussion: Hot Air

Brendan Sasso / The Hill:

Bill requiring warrants for email searches nears Senate vote — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing to fast-track legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other private online messages. — Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, Prairie Weather and CANNONFIRE

New York Post:

NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti — Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette and Weasel Zippers

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

Dem Rep. Rush, Gingrich spar over Trayvon Martin hoodie, urban violence — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) sparred Sunday over their commitment to ending gang violence and Rush's choice to wear a hooded sweatshirt on the House floor in honor of Trayvon Martin.

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette

Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Leading Black Caucus member not ready to call for Florida boycott

Discussion: Politico

Ari Soffer / Arutz Sheva:

Hamas Mourns Helen Thomas — Islamist group posts its appreciation for veteran journalist's antisemitic comments — It might not be the way most high-profile journalists would like to be remembered. — Not long after the passing of veteran American journalist Helen Thomas yesterday …

Discussion: his vorpal sword, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch

Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Helen Thomas, feisty scourge of presidents, dies at 92

Discussion: Post Politics

CNN:
Pioneering front-row journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92

Discussion: The Spectacle Blog, Mondoweiss, Crooks and Liars, “The Lid” and Remembrances

Benjamin Bell / ABC News:

Ted Cruz Dismisses Talk of 2016 Presidential Bid While in Iowa — In an interview for “This Week” with ABC News' Jonathan Karl, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz dismissed talk of a potential 2016 White House bid, along with the question of whether he is ready to run for the highest office …

Paul Krugman:

The Great Pension Scare — OK, this is quite amazing: Dean Baker catches the WaPo editorial page claiming that we have $3.8 trillion in unfunded state and local pension liabilities. Say it in your best Dr. Evil voice: THREE POINT EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS. Except the study the WaPo cites …

Discussion: JustOneMinute and Balloon Juice

CEPR:
Unfunded Pension Liabilities Are $1 Trillion, Not $3.8 Trillion: Never Take Anything …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, Prairie Weather and Washington Post

Stephanie Condon / CBS News:

Gov. Rick Snyder: Government bailout is the wrong answer for Detroit — Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich., said Sunday on “Face the Nation” that granting Detroit a government bailout would be the wrong way to help the bankrupt city. — “I do not view that as the right answer,” Snyder told …

Discussion: Hot Air and Gawker

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

Boehner promises more House votes against ObamaCare — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed Sunday to hold more House votes to thwart ObamaCare, a major priority for the GOP as the law is implemented. — “You're going to see a lot more,” Boehner told CBS's “Face the Nation.”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico and Right Turn