Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retires, Trump and McConnell look to fill the seat before the midterms, and Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins a major upset in the New York primary. Then Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joins Jon and Dan to talk about the Supreme Court fight and her recent trip to a detention center on the border.

Show Notes:

SCOTUS nightmare:

• New York Times: The Supreme Court’s Biggest Decisions in 2018
• Washington Post: Supreme Court rules against public unions collecting fees from nonmembers
• New York Times: Supreme Court Ruling Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions
• New York Times: What the Janus Decision Means for Teacher Unions
• New York Times: Labor Unions Will Be Smaller After Supreme Court Decision, but Maybe Not Weaker
• New York Times: With Janus, the Court Deals Unions a Crushing Blow. Now What?
• Vox: The Supreme Court decision gutting public sector unions, explained
• Washington Post: ‘Preparing for the worst’: Unions brace for loss of members and fees in wake of Supreme Court ruling
• The Atlantic: Is This the End of Public-Sector Unions in America?
• New Yorker: As Kennedy Retires, the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Unions Is a Sign of Things to Come
• Washington Post: Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban
• New York Times: Trump’s Travel Ban Is Upheld by Supreme Court
• New York Times: Trump Travel Ban: How It Affects the Countries
• Washington Post: The Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling could have big implications for Trump’s Twitter account
• Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court rules for faith-based pregnancy centers, blocks California disclosure law
• Washington Post: Supreme Court says crisis pregnancy centers
• Slate: Supreme Court Rules That California Can’t Make Crisis Pregnancy Centers Reveal What They Are
• Reuters: Supreme Court favors Republicans in gerrymandering cases
• New York Times: Supreme Court Won’t Hear North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case
• Salon: Supreme Court makes it quite clear it won’t lift a finger to stop ruthless gerrymandering
• Vox: Supreme Court splits 5-4 on Texas racial gerrymandering case
• Vox: Supreme Court’s conservative justices uphold Ohio’s voter purge system
• The Atlantic: The Supreme Court Blesses Voter Purges
• New York Times: Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls
• New York Times: In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
• USA Today: First cake, now flowers: Supreme Court gives florist who refused to serve gay wedding a new hearing
• Vox: The Supreme Court’s indefensible double standard in the travel-ban case and Masterpiece Cakeshop
• CNN: Does the Supreme Court have a double standard on religion?
• New York Times: Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions
• Huffington Post: The Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers
• The Atlantic: How the Supreme Court Could Reshape Employment Law

Kennedy Retires:

• New York Times: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire
• Washington Post: Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces retirement
• Wall Street Journal: Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement From Supreme Court
• Politico: Anthony Kennedy retiring, giving Trump opening to reshape Supreme Court
• Axios: What Kennedy’s retirement means
• SCOTUSBlog.com: Anthony Kennedy, swing justice, announces retirement
• New York Times: The Front-Runners and Full List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
• WhiteHouse.gov: President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List

How bad is this? What’s at stake?:

• Vox: America after Anthony Kennedy
• The Atlantic: What Kennedy’s Absence Means for Civil Rights
• Vox: Anthony Kennedy’s retirement puts abortion rights at risk
• New York Magazine: The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule
• The Atlantic: Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Reshape the Environment
• New York Times: We’re About to Find Out How Bad It Will Get Without Justice Kennedy

McConnell’s statement:

• New York Times: McConnell Promises Fall Vote to Confirm Next Supreme Court Justice
• Vox: Mitch McConnell’s politics of shamelessness have won
• Washington Post: This is the week Mitch McConnell was waiting for

Democratic reaction:

• CNBC: Key Democrats urge McConnell to wait until after midterms to confirm a Supreme Court justice, citing his blockage of Merrick Garland
• Vox: Democrats sat out the 2014 midterms and lost the Supreme Court for a generation
• Politico: Kennedy retirement jolts 2018 Senate races
• Washington Post: Control of the Senate just became that much more important. Here is where things stand
• Politico: The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him

Elections:

• New York Times: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset
• Politico: Top Democrat Crowley loses in shocker
• Washington Post: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrat who challenged her party’s establishment — and won
• Washington Post: Joe Crowley got Eric Cantor-ed. What does it mean for Democrats?
• New Yorker: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Legacy of the Bernie Sanders Movement
• The Intercept: An Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Young Democratic Socialist Who Just Shocked The Establishment
• Washington Post: Winners and losers: Joe Crowley and the Democratic Party are the big losers in Tuesday’s primaries

What lessons can Dems learn here?:

• Washington Post: Democratic leaders’ response to Joe Crowley’s loss: One giant shrug
• Washington Post: Crowley’s loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders

Notable primaries around the country:

• New York Times: Ben Jealous ‘Just Climbed K2’ in Maryland Governor’s Race. Next Is Everest.
• Vox: Jared Polis could become America’s first openly gay elected governor
• Denver Post: Jared Polis, Walker Stapleton face off in a Colorado governor’s race that became testy from the start
• FiveThirtyEight: A Big Upset, Trump’s Endorsement And More From The June 26 Primaries

Catherine Cortez Masto:

• Catherine Cortez Masto, United States Senator for Nevada: Cortez Masto: President Trump Is Fully Responsible for the Chaos and Trauma I Witnessed at the Southern Border
• NBC News 3: Cortez Masto, Rosen visit Texas border to see ‘zero-tolerance’ first hand
• Reno Gazette-Journal: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto went to a detention facility for kids in Texas, got turned away
• Marie Claire: Separating Families at the Border Is Just One Way Trump is Trying to Tear Apart Immigrant Families
• AP News: Sen. Cortez Masto: Trump’s new immigration [policies] stand no better
• ABC News: Trump using kids as ‘bargaining chips’: Sen. Cortez Masto on Powerhouse Politics
• NPR: Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto On How She Would Improve The Immigration System
• Catherine Cortez Masto, United States Senator for Nevada: Cortez Masto: Decision on Women’s Health A Vicious & Ignorant Attack on American Women
• The Hill: Supreme Court ruling may pave way for more faith-based pregnancy centers
• Guttmacher Institute: States Facts About Abortion: Nevada
• New York Times: Trump’s New Judicial Litmus Test: Shrinking ‘the Administrative State’
• Los Angeles Times: Trump appointing judges at rapid pace
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Heller, Cortez Masto split on Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court
• CNBC: Trump: I’ll appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion case