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12:40 PM ET, June 29, 2015

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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Rand Paul: Government Should Get Out of the Marriage Business Altogether  —  Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky.  —  While I disagree with Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage, I believe that all Americans have the right to contract.  —  The Constitution is silent on the question …
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:
Attorney General Paxton: Religious Liberties of Texas Public Officials Remain Constitutionally Protected After Obergefell v. Hodges  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton today made the following statement and issued an opinion in response to questions about the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that redefined marriage:
Austin American-Statesman:
Texas AG: County clerks can refuse gay couples
Karim Zidan / Bloody Elbow:
On Yoel Romero, intolerance, and the discrimination against equality for religious purposes
Lauren McGaughy / Houston Chronicle:
Texas AG tells clerks they can flout Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
States Seeking Voter Citizenship Proof Denied by U.S. Supreme Court  —  The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider letting states require evidence of citizenship when people register to vote for federal elections, rejecting an appeal from Arizona and Kansas.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Independent Redistricting Panel Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court  —  The 5-4 ruling is a setback to Arizona Republicans.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered efforts to make federal elections more competitive, upholding an independent commission set up by Arizona voters to draw congressional districts.
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
BP, Anadarko Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Gulf Spill Fines  —  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., leaving intact a ruling that opens the companies to potentially billions of dollars in fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Discussion: The Week
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Will He Run?  Biden Speculation Mounts  —  Both sons urged the vice president to enter 2016 presidential race, but so far a bid doesn't seem imminent  —  When deciding whether to run for office, Vice President Joe Biden has made it a practice to seek his family's counsel.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:   The pollution of politics  —  When President Obama lobbied …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What The GOP Is Saying About SCOTUS
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Updated: Spat escalates as Ted Cruz dusts off 2009 email to rebut Karl Rove denial on Bush41 endorsement episode  —  Republican strategist Karl Rove speaking in Sacramento on March 2, 2013  —  Sen. Ted Cruz at the Capitol on Sept. 23, 2013.  —  updated 9:45pm
Discussion: Washington Post
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
Exclusive — Cruz's New Book : Rove Thought Bush '41 ‘Too Old to Have Good Judgment’
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
New York Times:
Puerto Rico's Governor Says Island's Debts Are ‘Not Payable’  —  Puerto Rico's governor, saying he needs to pull the island out of a “death spiral,” has concluded that the commonwealth cannot pay its roughly $72 billion in debts, an admission that will probably have wide-reaching financial repercussions.
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Kim Bellware / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Upholds Oklahoma's Use Of Lethal Injection Drug  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in a 5-4 vote that Oklahoma may continue to use a controversial lethal injection drug during executions.  —  The Oklahoma death row prisoners who brought the matter to court …
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:   Supreme Court Rules Controversial Drug Can Be Used In Executions
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Chief Justice Roberts' Marriage Equality Dissent Has A Hidden Message For Conservatives  —  Friday's landmark victory for marriage equality was handed down over the dissents of four justices, each of whom wrote their own dissenting opinion.  Of these, by far the most thoughtful …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Chris Christie's nothing-left-to-lose campaign  —  The New Jersey governor's campaign is far less ambitious than anyone could have predicted a year ago.  But that also makes him an unpredictable force in the GOP presidential primary.  —  When Chris Christie launches his presidential campaign Tuesday …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Chris Christie: No teleprompter for launch
Discussion: Slantpoint
Mark Oppenheimer / TIME:
Now's the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions  —  Mark Oppenheimer writes the biweekly “Beliefs” column for The New York Times and is editor-at-large for Tablet.  He also reports for The Atlantic, The Nation, This American Life, and elsewhere.
Discussion: Power Line, The Federalist and RedState
Washington Post:
Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals  —  In early 1989, seven weeks after his father moved into the White House, Jeb Bush took a trip to Nigeria.  —  Nearly 100,000 Nigerians turned out to see him over four days as he accompanied the executives of a Florida company …
Discussion: The Week
Danya Henninger / Billy Penn:
Morning Glory Diner's ‘Scalia is a Douche’ breakfast special sells out in record time … - GET BILLY PENN DAILY  —  Sign up for our newsletter, in your inbox once a day.  —  Sign Up  — BILLY PENN ORIGINALS  — Billy gets struck by a ‘Lightning Bolt,’ blame Pennsylvania's lack of a budget on the alcohol: #BillyPennPlaylist
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Grisis  —  OK, this is real: Greek banks closed, capital controls imposed.
al.com:
Roy Moore on gay marriage ruling: ‘Christians are going to be persecuted’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
FBI Investigating Black Church Fires
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Currency Crisis: The Next Few Days Have the Potential to Transform Greece and Europe
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Pope's activism sets stage for awkward visit to Capitol Hill
Discussion: Guardian and Washington Post
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
When Reporters Write Books, Does The Times Win, Too?
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GOP rep: White supremacist threat overstated
Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz fighting the possible eviction of his pet squirrel
Peter Spence / Telegraph:
The world is defenceless against the next financial crisis, warns BIS