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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.
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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.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jon Tester backs same-sex marriage — Montana Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday endorsed same-sex marriage, joining the party's new public consensus on the issue. — Tester joins Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Mark Warner of Virginia in endorsing same-sex nuptials, and Jay Rockefeller …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Sharply Divided On Whether States May Ban Gay Marriage
Supreme Court Sharply Divided On Whether States May Ban Gay Marriage
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Is Changing, and What It Means
How Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Is Changing, and What It Means
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
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National Review
David Cole / New York Times:
Deciding Not to Decide Gay Marriage
Deciding Not to Decide Gay Marriage
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Justices Are Not Ready To Bring Marriage Equality To Alabama, And They Want Prop 8 To Go Away
The Justices Are Not Ready To Bring Marriage Equality To Alabama, And They Want Prop 8 To Go Away
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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
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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.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Can gay marriage survive SCOTUS loss?
Can gay marriage survive SCOTUS loss?
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Jeb Bush: States Should Decide Gay Marriage
Jeb Bush: States Should Decide Gay Marriage
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
How not to seem like a racist — A tip for right-wingers angry about charges of racial bias: Try treating the Obama daughters with decency — Writing my piece on Andrew Breitbart and Tucker Carlson, I missed a huge example of overlap between their two sham-empires: the reporter who broke …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Banking gavel could fall to Wall Street critic — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), one of Wall Street's harshest critics, could end up leading the Senate Banking Committee if Democrats retain control of the Senate in 2014. — Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), who has led the Banking Committee since 2011 …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
With Tim Johnson retiring, Democrats face new challenge
With Tim Johnson retiring, Democrats face new challenge
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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Politico and The PJ Tatler
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Killing Chain — Let's say you were writing a novel about a homicide. You'd want to describe the killer's neighborhood and family background. You'd want to describe his school, his culture and his gang. — You'd want to describe how he got into crime, his prior arrests …
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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 …
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USA Today:
North Korea threatens Hawaii and U.S. mainland — NORTH KOREA THREAT — North Korea, which has missiles capable of hitting U.S. territories in the Pacific and possibly mainland USA, has ordered its rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready after joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces.
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