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Republicans and President Obama agree that this week’s decision by a federal judge to defang Arizona’s illegal immigration law shines a spotlight on the need for an immigration reform debate that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently declared dead for the year. (more)

Vice President Joe Biden says U.S. forces are inflicting “significant damage” on the al-Qaida terrorist network in Pakistan and Afghanistan. (more)

Two of the summer’s most controversial local immigration laws have just been rendered almost useless because of the threat of impending lawsuits. (more)

How much do Dems love discussing tax increases right before an election? SO, SO MUCH! — Faced with ethics investigation, senile congressman tells colleagues to eat his shorts — The children of America have placed a bounty on Arne Duncan’s head –
Christian student banned from counseling program for refusing to abandon 2,000-year-old belief system — Pitbull owners may be last hope for California Democrats — States cannot waste money fast enough (more)

Journolist update: How can we destroy Sarah Palin? — Business community to Obama: We has a sad — Tea Party skeptics don’t buy this whole ‘caucus’ thingamajig — Poll: America is ready to burn Congress to the ground — Ag secretary apologizes for making snap judgments, publicly humiliating employee —
Judicial activist to star in next sequel of Bring it On  (more)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women’s volleyball team. (more)

The Gulf oil spill is delivering a crushing blow to coastal residents and businesses, but Washington’s response threatens to place additional hardships on the Gulf region that could jeopardize our national energy security.  In the wake of the accident, President Obama first halted work in the deep water Gulf and then suspended 33 existing deepwater projects. A temporary pause to inspect these deepwater drilling rigs was warranted; an outright ban will cripple the already struggling Gulf Coast community. Now that the BP well has been capped and a permanent solution to the leak is on the way, the president should re-evaluate his hasty and politically motivated decision to issue a deepwater drilling moratorium. (more)

The Interior Department has issued a new offshore drilling moratorium that is different, but not very different, from the one blocked recently by a New Orleans federal judge. (more)

A federal judge released a member of an alleged Russian spy ring on bail Thursday but ordered two others detained until trial after prosecutors said the Russian government would probably help them escape if they were freed. (more)

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Lower Merion School District did not discriminate against nine black students from South Ardmore because of their race when it adopted a redistricting plan in January 2009. (more)

A federal judge delivered a swift and potentially fatal blow Wednesday to Viacom Inc.’s $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.’s YouTube online video site. (more)

Here are some thoughts on a few recent and important money-politics headlines: (more)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer representing two same-sex couples who seek recognition of a constitutional right to marry compared the fight to the great civil rights struggles of the 20th century, as a federal judge Wednesday heard closing arguments in the trial over California's Proposition 8. (more)

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employee doesn’t want the public to know who he is or what disciplinary action may have been taken against him for viewing pornography on the job. (more)

A New Orleans federal judge presiding over lawsuits related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said he sold his investment in companies linked to the disaster to avoid any appearance he might be biased. (more)

ALBANY – A federal judge Friday barred Gov. David A. Paterson from furloughing 100,000 unionized state employees to help close the budget deficit. (more)

It started last year, with growing opposition to the federal stimulus package and other record spending in Washington. (more)

We stepped out of a military transport plane onto the grounds of what has become an almost mythical place, surrounded by more misinformation, incorrect assumptions, and rumor than fact. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is a place that few people get to visit, which contributes to the lack of knowledge and misunderstanding—perpetuated by the liberal left and many in the mainstream media. (more)

ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis praised socialism and said the Tea Party was a “bowel movement” filled with racists in a speech to a left-wing youth group, a new video shows. (more)