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2:05 PM ET, April 4, 2016

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote.  Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held that total population …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’  —  Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states may satisfy “one person, one vote” rules by drawing legislative districts based …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Conservative challengers lose key Supreme Court voting rights case
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Says States May Continue To Use Total Population In Deciding Districts
Will Fitzgibbon / The Panama Papers:
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption  —  Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens … Reading time: … A massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current …
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Grandmother of 9-year-old Utah girl allegedly raped by four men: ‘I want justice’
Discussion: KTLA
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics  —  Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history.  —  On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
John Fritze / Baltimore Sun:
Clinton names campaign staff for Md.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during the Founders Day Gala, Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Milwaukee.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer / AP)  —  Quincey Gamble, a veteran political operative and Baltimore native …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee  —  On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz warns GOP of voter ‘revolt’ against alternative nominee
Discussion: New York Times
EurekAlert!:
Body mass index can predict infant's risk of becoming an obese child  —  Boston, MA— Pediatricians can now identify infants who are at higher risk of early-childhood obesity, before obesity develops, using a simple measurement of body mass index (BMI), a tool not routinely used until children are 2 years old.
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
On Wisconsin!  —  Faith of America is in you to take us forward on Tuesday; to remain strong and independent of the status quo political establishment so your vote will truly represent your optimistic spirit and desire to WORK!  Hardworking Wisconsinites deserve much better than a repeat …
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and abc7chicago.com
NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge  —  Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco  —  California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare  —  Republicans, already girding for their most tumultuous convention in decades, now have another fight brewing: a divisive battle over gay marriage on the party's official national platform.  —  It's an issue that drives intense passion …
Discussion: PinkNews, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Alexandra Markovich / New York Times:
Princeton Board Votes to Keep Woodrow Wilson's Name on Campus Buildings  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — The board of trustees at Princeton University said on Monday that it had voted to keep Woodrow Wilson's name on campus buildings and programs, despite student protests last year that led to a re-examination of Wilson's legacy here.
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Princeton University:
Trustees call for expanded commitment to diversity and inclusion
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand  —  A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules - by raising her hand.  —  Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates  —  Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight.  —  The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
Abby Wambach / Facebook:
Last night I was arrested for DUII in Portland after dinner at a friend's house.  —  Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence from myself.  I have let myself and others down.  —  I take full responsibility for my actions.  This is all on me.
New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign  —  The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers.  —  Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
Bloomberg:
Republican Crisis May Deepen Even If Trump Loses Wisconsin  —  If the Republican front-runner heads into the party's convention leading the delegate count, but is denied the nomination, his supporters may sit out the general election.  —  michaelcbender  —  mniquette
Eric Raymond / Armed and Dangerous:
This may be the week the SJWs lost it all...or, at least, their power to bully people in the hacker culture and the wider tech community.  —  May of you probably already know about the LambdaConf flap.  In brief: LambdaConf, a technical conference on functional programming …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 
 
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz primary challenger posts strong fundraising total
Philip Cohen / Washington Post:
American policy fails at reducing child poverty because it aims to fix the poor
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Telegraph:
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Economist:
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
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