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Obama Camp Disavows Last Year's ‘Inartful’ Statement on D.C. Gun Law — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Alexa Ainsworth Report: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.'s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an “inartful” statement to the Chicago Tribune last year …

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:

High court affirms gun rights in historic decision — WASHINGTON - Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost …

Discussion: protein wisdom, SCOTUSblog, The Corner, Crooks and Liars, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, TownHall Blog, BLACKFIVE, The Moderate Voice, Dohiyi Mir, Donklephant, Flopping Aces, La Shawn Barber's Corner, Ben Smith's Blogs, Left in the West, alicublog and Weekly Standard Blog

David Stout / New York Times:

Justices Rule for Individual Gun Rights — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declared for the first time on Thursday that the Constitution protects an individual's right to have a gun, not just the right of the states to maintain militias. — Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Crypt's Blogs, The Volokh Conspiracy, Althouse, The Caucus, Intel Dump, Flopping Aces, The Jed Report, Once Upon a Time, Big Brass Blog, The Swamp and BlueOregon

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Court: A constitutional right to a gun — The opinion can be downloaded here. Relevant quotes from the majority opinion can be found here, and a replay of our LiveBlog can be found here. Tom's commentary is here. — Answering a 217-year old constitutional question …

Discussion: On Deadline, How Appealing, Hot Air, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Guardian, Maggie's Farm, Tammy Bruce, Wake up America, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Vox Popoli, Dyre Portents and The News Buckit

Bill Mears / CNN:

Supreme Court strikes down D.C. gun ban — CNN Supreme Court Producer — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation's capital violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms. — The justices voted 5-4 against the ban …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Law Librarian Blog, Macsmind and The Glittering Eye

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down 'Millionaire's Amendment'

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Ben Smith's Blogs, Althouse and The Swamp

Colbert I. King / Washington Post: The Thugs Win the Case

Marc Ambinder:
Obama Likes Heller

Discussion: MyDD, Hot Air, SCOTUSblog, American Spectator and Buck Naked Politics

The New Republic:
In Support of Obama's Death Penalty Stand

Discussion: The American Scene

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Impact of Gun Ruling Limited, Experts Say

Discussion: Spin Cycle

Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
My Sense of the Bottom-Line from Heller (updated at 11:30)

Discussion: Reason Magazine and The Opinionator

Ben Pershing / Capitol Briefing:
‘Millionaire’ Decision Leaves Races in Limbo

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Scholars and Rogues and Washington Post

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
LAW AND THE POLITICAL ORDER.

Discussion: Political Radar, Political Machine and Political Punch

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Ban on Handguns

Discussion: BuzzFlash.org, The Fix, Brilliant at Breakfast, The Trail and TIME.com

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
COLD DEAD HANDS....Since I'm time zone challenged, I've …

Discussion: Blog P.I., Slate and AMERICAblog News

GOP.com:
Obama's Supreme Mistake on Guns

Discussion: The Campaign Spot and Power Line

Betsy Rothstein / The Hill:

Obama: ‘I bit my tongue’ against Clinton — Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he bit his tongue “many times” during the fierce primary battle with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). — Two sources said that Obama's comments came after Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.), a Clinton backer …

Discussion: NO QUARTER, Jack and Jill Politics and Salon

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: TOO MUCH HYPE — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro

Discussion: Washington Post, The Other McCain and Marc Ambinder

Lynn Sweet: Reporters banned from Obama-Clinton meeting with Clinton backers on Thursday.

The Hill:

Housing bill, FISA delayed until after July recess — The Senate hit impasses over legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners and a rewrite of spying laws, forcing Democratic leaders to push back consideration of those measures until next month. — Leaders had hoped to finish …

Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs, The Huffington Post, Think Progress, Newshoggers.com and Booman Tribune

Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Under debate plan, Obama loses height advantage — WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama would sit at a table at two of three presidential debates this fall, according to a formal proposal unveiled Thursday, which, perhaps unintentionally, would neutralize Obama's height advantage.

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Jed Report, TIME.com, Donklephant and Lonewacko

Ali / Think Progress:

Yoo Won't Answer Whether President Can Bury Detainees Alive — Today, the authors of the Bush administration's torture policies, David Addington and John Yoo, are testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) asked Yoo whether the president could bury a detainee alive …

Discussion: Balkinization, The Carpetbagger Report, TPMMuckraker, Emptywheel, Firedoglake, The Gavel, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Nation, The Crypt's Blogs, Slate, Macsmind, The Washington Independent and Liberty Street

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Keith Olbermann: Then and now — (updated below) — On January 31 of this year, Keith Olbermann donned his most serious face and most indignant voice tone to rail against George Bush for supporting telecom immunity and revisions to FISA. In a 10-minute “Special Comment,” …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft, Balkinization, Buck Naked Politics, The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice and Don Surber

Todd Venezia / New York Post:

NEWS BABE'S ‘IRAQI TRYST’ — IN-BEDDED REPORTER ‘TOOK MY HUBBY’ — Sexy CBS siren Lara Logan spent her days covering the heat of the Iraq war - but that was nothing compared to the heat of her nights. — The “60 Minutes” reporter and former swimsuit model apparently courted two beaus …

Discussion: protein wisdom and Wonkette

Fueling Station:

Arnold puts down Crist and McCain over offshore drilling — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made a guest appearance today at the Florida Climate Change Summit in Miami hosted by Governor Charlie Crist. — Arnold had lots of praise for Crist's leadership in Florida on tackling climate change.

Discussion: MoJoBlog

Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:

Obama says he avoided city, state corruption — Clout and corruption scandals that have plagued Chicago and Illinois politics in recent years have not laid a glove on Barack Obama, he told reporters here Wednesday. — “You will recall that for my entire political career here …

Discussion: Redstate and NewsBusters.org

Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:

The Obamacons Who Worry McCain — What is an “Obamacon?” The phrase surfaced in January to describe British conservatives entranced by Barack Obama. On March 13 the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all “conservative supporters” of the Democratic presidential candidate.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, DownWithTyranny!, Guardian, Democratic Strategist, The Carpetbagger Report, The Moderate Voice and TIME.com

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Overcoming Vitter — It appears as if he is the only Senator opposing the removal of the HIV travel and immigration ban. The White House is on board, as are hefty bipartisan chunks of the Senate. Here's how you can still help: email your senator asking him or her to support the removal of the HIV travel ban.