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Alexa Ainsworth / Political Radar:
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 …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules in favor of gun ownership rights — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history.
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 …
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 …
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
My Sense of the Bottom-Line from Heller (updated at 11:30) — Individuals have a constitutional right to possess a basic firearm (the line drawn is unclear, but is basically those weapons in general lawful use and does not extend to automatic weapons) and to use that firearm in self-defense.
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 …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:Inartful — Obama's camp, walking back an earlier statement …
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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.
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Chris Hill BEATS John Bolton: Bush Declares New Track for US-North Korea Relations — What I reported two days ago about the White House asking Congress to remove North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terror list was confirmed a few moments ago by President Bush.
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Gateway Pundit:
Obama Throws Maoist Hardliner and Weatherman Pal Under the Bus — Oops!... There goes another one! — Wright- Pfleger- His white grandmother- Trinity Church- Muslim girls at a rally... Now it's the Maoist hardliner's turn to be airbrushed. — Mike Klonsky, the Maoist Hardliner …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
John McCain doesn't work weekends — Since effectively capturing the Republican nomination when Mitt Romney dropped out of the race on February 7, John McCain has held just one public campaign event on a weekend. — Instead, after workweeks full of fundraisers, town hall meetings and interviews …
Martin Roberts / Reuters:
Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes — MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans.
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
It's All About Obama — Many candidates have measured the Oval Office drapes prematurely. But Barack Obama is the first to redesign the presidential seal before the election. — His seal featured an eagle emblazoned with his logo, and included a Latin version of his campaign slogan.
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska might see Obama in person — POSSIBLE VISIT: He might campaign here at the end of summer. — scockerham@adn.com — Democrat Barack Obama could be coming to Alaska to campaign as part of his effort to win a state that hasn't chosen a Democrat for president since 1964.
AnaKasparian / The Young Turks:
Senator Feingold On TYT — If you like this story, digg it! — Senator Feingold (Democrat-Wisconsin) came onto The Young Turks and discussed the FISA Bill that grants the telecoms retroactive immunity. Click Read More for the transcript. — Cenk Uygur: Senator Feingold, welcome to The Young Turks.
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