Top Items:
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The Proposition 8 oral argument — Much will be written about the Proposition 8 oral argument. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to decide the merits of whether Proposition 8 is constitutional.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, BuzzFeed, Firedoglake, Power Line, Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, American Foundation …, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, National Review, Alas, a Blog, Towleroad News #gay, Outside the Beltway, The Dish, Gawker, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Angry Bear, The Maddow Blog, Althouse, Taylor Marsh and Post Politics
RELATED:
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: On marriage, Kennedy in control — Analysis — Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in an unusually candid process of elimination of options in public, on Tuesday worked his way through the ways for dealing with California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage and seemed strongly tempted to just take a pass.
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court justices signal dodge on gay marriage ruling — The Supreme Court indicated Tuesday that it's unlikely to issue a broad ruling on same-sex marriage. — Several justices seemed to be looking for ways to avoid a sweeping ruling — or perhaps even a ruling at all …
Wall Street Journal:
. . . Gays Deserve Equal Rights — States shouldn't remain free to discriminate for as long as they wish. — Four years ago, the two us of joined forces and launched a federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, a ballot initiative which eliminated the right of same-sex couples in California to marry.
Discussion:
Hit & Run, Althouse, msnbc.com and AMERICAblog
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Is Changing, and What It Means — The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on two cases related to same-sex marriage, the first involving a California referendum that barred gay marriage, the other involving a federal law that prevents the government from recognizing same-sex unions.
Discussion:
New Republic, Runnin' Scared, The Maddow Blog and New York Times
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Sharply Divided On Whether States May Ban Gay Marriage — During Supreme Court oral arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8, justices questioned whether the case had standing, but were narrowly divided on the larger issue of whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
Discussion:
The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Justices Are Not Ready To Bring Marriage Equality To Alabama, And They Want Prop 8 To Go Away — WASHINGTON, DC — There are probably five justices who object to California's anti-gay Proposition 8 and who would prefer to see it struck down. Justice Kennedy, the conservative viewed …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
Discussion:
National Review
David Cole / New York Times:
Deciding Not to Decide Gay Marriage
Deciding Not to Decide Gay Marriage
Discussion:
Guardian, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, Towleroad News #gay and CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bill Clinton's Decision, and Regret, on Defense of Marriage Act — WASHINGTON — He had just flown across the country after an exhausting campaign day in Oregon and South Dakota, landing at the White House after dark. But President Bill Clinton still had more business before bed.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, NewsBusters blogs, ABCNEWS, The Times of Israel, ABCNEWS, Yahoo! News, Gawker, CNN, JustOneMinute and The Caucus
RELATED:
Napp Nazworth / Christian News, The Christian Post:
Huckabee: Evangelicals Will Leave If GOP Backs Gay Marriage
Huckabee: Evangelicals Will Leave If GOP Backs Gay Marriage
Discussion:
Hot Air, NationalJournal.com, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Hawkings Here and Wall Street Journal
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Can gay marriage survive SCOTUS loss?
Can gay marriage survive SCOTUS loss?
Discussion:
CNN, Yahoo! News, New York Times, ABCNEWS, Daily Kos, Hot Air, National Review and The Plum Line
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
The Forgotten 1971 Gay Activist Protest at New York City's Marriage License Bureau
The Forgotten 1971 Gay Activist Protest at New York City's Marriage License Bureau
Discussion:
News Desk, Guardian, The Rumpus.net and Towleroad News #gay
CBS News:
Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
Discussion:
The Caucus, The Moderate Voice, The Plum Line, CBS San Francisco, Firedoglake, The Raw Story, Right Wing Watch, New York Times and The Week
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich Says “Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Marry”
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich Says “Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Marry”
Discussion:
American Foundation …, The Hill, ThinkProgress, Politico, Swampland, The National Memo, Hot Air, AMERICAblog, The Maddow Blog, Advocate, Freedom to Marry Blog, The Fix, Towleroad News #gay, Joe. My. God., Yahoo! News, The Impolitic, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh, Taking Note, Balloon Juice, Post Politics, NBCNews.com, TIME.com, Christian Science Monitor, Box Turtle Bulletin, The Huffington Post and The Columbus Dispatch
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
South Carolina special a toss up — PPP's first look at the special election in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District finds a toss up race. Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch leads Republican Mark Sanford 47-45 and ties Curtis Bostic at 43. — This is a Republican leaning district …
Discussion:
Right Turn, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, The Other McCain, Politico, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The National Memo and The Post and Courier
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama to name Julia Pierson as new Secret Service director — President Obama will appoint Julia Pierson, a veteran U.S. Secret Service agent and senior official, as the first female director of the agency, White House officials said Tuesday. — Pierson, 53, began her career in the Secret Service …
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
RELATED:
Andrew Becker / The Huffington Post:
White Sox, Bulls Chairman Starts Security Firm With Former Secret Service Director
White Sox, Bulls Chairman Starts Security Firm With Former Secret Service Director
Discussion:
Politico and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Rand Paul and Ted Cruz threaten filibuster on guns — Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office on Tuesday. — “We will oppose the motion …
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh, CNN, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, The Week, The National Memo, Infowars, Daily Kos, Hit & Run, BizPac Review, msnbc.com, Prairie Weather, Weasel Zippers, First Read, The Spectacle Blog, Mediaite and The Hill
RELATED:
Fox News:
Gun store rescinds Mark Kelly's rifle purchase, questions his ‘intent’ — A Tucson gun store owner has decided to rescind the sale of a military-style rifle to Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after Kelly said he had intended the purchase to make a political point …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative, BizPac Review and The Week
RELATED:
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
CNN Demolishes Obama's ‘High-Speed Rail Boondoggle’ — On his CNN show last night, Anderson Cooper profiled the Obama administration's unfulfilled promises and wasteful spending on high-speed rail projects across the country. Cooper and investigative reporter Drew Griffin highlighted …
Discussion:
Hot Air
Robin Marty / RH Reality Check:
Despite Abortion Bans, TRAP Law Is the Real Threat to Abortion Access in North Dakota (UPDATED) … “Personhood,” heartbeat bans, forcing women to give birth to babies diagnosed with genetic anomalies that make them unlikely to survive long after birth, if they make it that long …
Discussion:
New York Times, ThinkProgress, Wonkblog, Daily Kos, The Week and msnbc.com
Monica Potts / American Prospect:
The Weeklies — From the outside, it is hard to know that people live in the Ramada Inn. The parking lot is always empty. The hotel sits facing a wide suburban boulevard called Kipling Street, just off Interstate 70 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The interchange where Kipling meets the freeway …
Discussion:
The Impolitic, Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Ben Casselman / Wall Street Journal:
College Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs — The recession left millions of college-educated Americans working in coffee shops and retail stores. Now, new research suggests their job prospects may not improve much when the economy rebounds. — Underemployment—skilled workers doing jobs …
Discussion:
Via Meadia and Gawker
Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Cyprus bail-out: savers will be raided to save euro in future crises, says eurozone chief — Savings accounts in Spain, Italy and other European countries will be raided if needed to preserve Europe's single currency by propping up failing banks, a senior eurozone official has announced.
New York Times:
In Private, Quinn Displays a Volatile Side — Christine C. Quinn was not pleased. — A session of the New York City Council had descended into chaos, and lawmakers were openly questioning her leadership. Ms. Quinn, the Council speaker, decided there was one person to blame: Betsy Gotbaum …
Discussion:
American Prospect, Capital New York and Gothamist
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Shatner ‘appalled’ by IRS ‘Trek’ spoof — William Shatner said he is “appalled” by the Internal Revenue Services' spoof of “Star Trek” — the television show that made him famous for his portrayal of Captain James Kirk. — Last week, the IRS apologized for spending $60,000 on the parody …
Discussion:
The Raw Story