Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday June 12, 2012
Supreme Court to rule soon on health care, immigration; what happens next? (CBS News): Monday is the beginning of the final three weeks of the Supreme Court’s 2012 term, a period when the court will be releasing decisions, generally on Mondays, on cases they’ve heard this year. The two big cases awaiting decisions, which can be handed down between now and June 28, are the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care plan and the Arizona immigration case, both of which have received national attention. Below is a primer on those cases, along with one other involving broadcast indecency.
Washington Politics Remains Uncomfortable With Latino Affairs (Huffington Post): Like a pimple between the shoulder blades of the American body politic, this election year Latinos rise beyond the reach of both left and right. On the right, Republican Party wise Latina Bettina Inclan is inclined to roll back statements suggesting Mitt Romney might consider a sensible policy position on immigration reform. On the left, the Democratic Party has failed Latinos.
Schools Are More Segregated Today Than During the Late 1960s (The Atlantic): In his commencement speech at San Diego State College, the President of the United States covered unsurprising territory in describing the challenges facing the nation’s public schools — inequities for minority students, a high dropout rate, and the need for better teacher training. What might be surprising is that the president was John F. Kennedy, and he was addressing the class of 1963.
Hunger Strike over Denial of Transplants for Migrants Continues (Fox News Latino): A woman in the group of five Latinos who are on a hunger strike in Chicago to demand organ transplants for undocumented immigrants lacking health insurance was treated by paramedics on Monday but later rejoined the protest begun nine days ago.
Hispanic voters targeted in new $4M ad blitz for Obama (Associated Press/Fox News): One of the nation’s largest unions and a Democratic super PAC supporting President Obama launched a joint $4 million Spanish-language advertising campaign on Monday, targeting Hispanic voters.
Latinos Split On Rubio’s DREAM Act (Fronteras): Latino voters prefer a DREAM Act that promises citizenship. They’re not so keen on an alternative DREAM Act proposed by Florida Senator Marco Rubio. That’s according to a new poll.
Texas bracing for legal battle against feds over voter ID law (Houston Chronicle): Texas is preparing for a legal showdown next month in federal court over a new voter photo ID law passed by the Legislature but blocked by the Justice Department which cited discrimination against minority voters.
Texas Republicans take a softer approach to immigration (McClatchy Newspapers/Boston Herald): Texas Republicans say they know their approval of a party platform that takes a softer approach to illegal immigration will draw the ire of some conservatives, but many believe it’s necessary to win over Hispanic voters.
