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12:50 PM ET, March 25, 2013

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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing  —  The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010.  Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Anthony Lewis, Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court, Dies at 85  —  Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
How We Got to the Supreme Court  —  Twenty years ago this July, I went to Hawaii to cover the lawsuit that launched the first salvo in the current war over marriage equality, ultimately leading to the Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8 and, this week, arguments before the Supreme Court …
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Will Portman explains dad's delay
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
In gay marriage cases, Supreme Court may choose caution over boldness
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  I Corinthians 13  —  The question of marriage equality is a great American debate.  Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Claire McCaskill backs gay marriage
Discussion: msnbc.com and Joe. My. God.
Politico:
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
Discussion: The Week, ABCNEWS and Hullabaloo
Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out  —  I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet.  —  I made some good friends that first semester …
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
What to look for in the Cyprus deal  —  1. Output on the island could easily decline by 25% or more, and I don't think that will involve much subsequent mean-reversion.  There will be a deflationary shock, an uncertainty shock, an “austerity shock,” a credit contraction shock, and a few other negative shocks as well.
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Guardian:
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Bloomberg:
Cyprus Salvaged After EU Deal Shuts Bank to Get $13B
Wall Street Journal:
Cyprus Gets New Bailout Deal
Discussion: Mother Jones and FT Alphaville
Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad  —  Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
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David Weigel / Slate:
A 50-Point Swing Against Targeted Drone Killings of U.S. Citizens  —  Drones hang on display in the exposition hall of the Border Security Expo on March 12, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.  —  A year ago, as the presidential race was taking shape, The Washington Post's pollster asked voters whether …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act  —  He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans.  Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party.  And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought.  —  What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
New York Post:
Bondage pol was hard-ly working  —  Jersey Dem's kinky office e-mails to spank-me stalker  —  A powerful New Jersey Democrat who's being touted as the party's next state chairman has an insatiable lust for bondage, oral sex and spanking, secret e-mails obtained by The Post reveal.
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
George Zimmerman's Brother: ‘Black Teens’ Are Killers  —  Since he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, George Zimmerman has been trying to convince the public that he was not acting simply out of racist aggression but because Martin attacked him.
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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Long Night at Today  —  And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.?  —  T  —  he knife springs open with a satisfying snap.  —  Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade.  —  “Come to papa!” he says.  —  Sitting at his glass-topped desk …
Clarion-Ledger:
Rep. Jessica Upshaw's death apparent suicide  —  Coast lawmaker's body found in former legislator's Mendenhall home  —  Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials are looking into the death of state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, who was found at a residence in Simpson County on Sunday.
Freeman Klopott / Bloomberg:
Cuomo's 7-Bullet Limit to Be Suspended Indefinitely, Skelos Says  —  Governor Andrew Cuomo's seven-round limit on magazines sold in New York will be suspended “indefinitely” by a measure in his $136.5 billion budget set to be passed this week, Dean Skelos, a Senate majority leader said.
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk  —  With his signature this week, President Obama will lock into place deep spending cuts that threaten to undermine his second-term economic vision just four months after he won reelection.  —  Obama has repeatedly championed …
Discussion: Right Turn and NewsBusters
 
 
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Murdoch's Appetite for Los Angeles Times May Depend on F.C.C. Changes
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Another Reason Google Reader Died: Increased Concern About Privacy and Compliance
Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Verge and Gizmodo
Rebecca Dana / New Republic:
Slyer Than Fox  —  To MSNBC president Phil Griffi, news is war.
Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Kelsey Grammer: starting over
Discussion: Reuters
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Court to rule on affirmative action ban
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Martin Hickman / The Independent:
Exclusive: Michael Heseltine fears British people are ‘too rich to push’ for economic recovery
Discussion: Telegraph and BBC
 

 
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