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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California [Updated] — A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions.
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New York Times:
Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Ban in California — SAN FRANCISCO — Saying that it unfairly targets gay men and women, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, handing supporters of such unions a temporary victory …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Prop. 8 Overturned: The Facts, Not the Law, Matter — Here's what you need to know about Judge Vaughn Walker's decision invalidating California's Proposition 8, a referendum passed by voters that banned same-sex marriage. The decision itself will be appealed, and Walker's reasoning …
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David Boaz / Cato @ Liberty:
Reagan-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban — Chuck Donovan of the Heritage Foundation denounces Judge Vaughn Walker for “extreme judicial activism” and “judicial tyranny” in striking down California's Proposition 8, which barred gay people from marrying.
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National Review, his vorpal sword, The Foundry, CNN, The Atlantic Online and Will Wilkinson
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Fed Judge Finds Calif. Prop. 8 Unconstitutional — A federal lawsuit was filed in May 2009 challenging Proposition 8, the California referendum which amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Prop. 8 previously was upheld by the California Supreme Court.
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John / Power Line:
Today's Proposition 8 Decision — Conservatives have long said that the day would come when liberal judges declare the Constitution unconstitutional. That happened today, when a gay federal judge in San Francisco, relying on the opinions of mostly-gay “expert” witnesses …
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Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Judge Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents, Gay-Marriage Ban Overturned
Judge Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents, Gay-Marriage Ban Overturned
Logan Penza / The Moderate Voice:
Only A Temporary Victory For Gay Marriage
Only A Temporary Victory For Gay Marriage
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The Volokh Conspiracy and The Atlantic Online
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
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In Good Faith, DaTechguy's Blog, Vox Popoli, Don Surber and The Volokh Conspiracy
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Federal judge's ruling on Proposition 8 coming soon …
Open thread: Federal judge's ruling on Proposition 8 coming soon …
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GayPatriot, L.A. NOW, Instapundit, ACS Blog and Los Angeles Times
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
OVERTURNED: Judge Rules California Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
OVERTURNED: Judge Rules California Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
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Associated Press:
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
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Christopher N. Osher / Denver Post:
Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns — Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are “converting Denver into a United Nations community.”
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs dismisses Missouri vote against federal health insurance mandate — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs flatly dismissed Missouri's vote Tuesday rejecting a key part of the healthcare law. — Gibbs said Missouri's vote approving a ballot initiative to exempt residents …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCaskill: ‘Message received’ from Missouri voters on health reform
McCaskill: ‘Message received’ from Missouri voters on health reform
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Firedoglake, Weekly Standard, Hot Air and Swampland
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules — Verizon Communications Inc. and Google Inc. reached a deal on how to handle Internet traffic, striking their own accord on policy being weighed by U.S. officials, two people briefed by the companies said today.
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Richard Allen Greene / Religion:
Jewish group won't fight ground zero mosque, leader says — The Anti-Defamation League will not fight the building of a controversial Islamic center and mosque planned near the site of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York, the group's leader told CNN Wednesday.
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Anthony Weiner / New York Times:
Why I Was Angry — LAST week I got angry on the floor of the House.
Why I Was Angry — LAST week I got angry on the floor of the House.
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Indecision Forever, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice and The Political Carnival
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images — For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.”
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New York Times:
Senate Vote Clears Way for $26 Billion in Aid to States — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way to provide $10 billion to states and local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and an additional $16 billion in federal aid to cash-strapped states, and the Speaker …
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: “What's happening (in America)..is a violation of the 1st Commandment,” entitlements “make government our God.” — That's what Sharron Angle, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, said in an April 21 interview with TruNews Christian Radio's Rick Wiles.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez / The Huffington Post:
Why We Should Welcome McConnell's Demand for Hearings on Rescinding 14th Amendment — The “your papers, please” hysteria spreading through the Republican Party has reached a new low. Now, they want to corrupt the U.S. Constitution to promote their opposition to immigrants and immigration.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Keyes Hits Graham For Politicizing The 14th Amendment: This 'Is …
Keyes Hits Graham For Politicizing The 14th Amendment: This 'Is …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Quarter doubt Obama was born in U.S. — President Obama's birth certificate (left) has been certified authentic by the Republican governor of Hawaii. His birth announcement (right) appeared in print in 1961. (PHOTO CREDIT: State of Hawaii) — Washington (CNN) …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
41% of GOP: Obama foreign-born
41% of GOP: Obama foreign-born
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Brendan Nyhan and The Moderate Voice
Larry W. Smith / Newsweek:
The Tea Party's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night — Moderates rule a series of high-profile primaries. — Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt, along with his wife, Vicki, concedes to Jerry Moran during a watch party for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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msnbc.com, Beltway Confidential and The Moderate Voice
Cubachi:
Updated. Must Watch: The Broken Window Fallacy — This brilliant video is a simple illustration on the fallacy of claiming that calamities stir economic growth. Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize - winning economist, says the attacks of 9/11 and World War II brought great economic benefits to the nation.
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Left Coast Rebel, Sister Toldjah and Riehl World View
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
White House Statement on Proposition 8 — A White House statement regarding Wednesday's ruling overturning Proposition 8 said President Barack Obama had spoken out against the measure because it was “divisive and discriminatory.” — A White House spokesperson sent the following statement …
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AMERICAblog News, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pam's House Blend
Conor Friedersdorf / The American Scene:
Ugly Populism — I'd like to associate myself with everything Alan Jacobs just wrote in his post on the mosque and community center being built near Ground Zero. Newt Gingrich is a politician I would've considered supporting in a bid for the presidency. His behavior during this episode has cost him any chance at my vote.
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Balloon Juice, Riehl World View, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Dish
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
The 2012 GOP Contest — Our national polling on the 2012 Republican Presidential contest pretty consistently shows what amounts to a four way tie between Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich. But to get a feel of how things might play out in reality it's interesting …
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Richard W. Rahn / Washington Times:
Evidence and denial — Obama advisers refuse to believe they're failing — Last Friday, it was reported that economic growth was only 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year - far below what the Obama administration had forecast. Yet the administration and its supporters continue …
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New York Post:
Sheriff Taylor's health pitch sparks cardiac arrest — WASHINGTON — Was it not enough for President Obama to saddle future Americans with billions of dollars in new health benefits and entitlements that they simply cannot afford? — He also had to go and corrupt one of America's most beloved figures of the last half-century.
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theblogprof and Weasel Zippers
Stephen Schwartz / Weekly Standard:
Rauf's Radicals — The leader of the “Ground Zero mosque” project in New York, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is commonly portrayed as a moderate and a sincere believer in interfaith dialogue. Typical is a profile in Time that described Rauf and his wife as “the kind of Muslim leaders right-wing …