memeorandum: U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea (Jethro Mullen/CNN)

10:10 AM ET, March 28, 2013

Top Items:

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Argument recap: DOMA is in trouble (FINAL UPDATE) — Analysis — If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that defined marriage as limited to a man and a woman, that law may be gone, after a seventeen-year existence.

David von Drehle / Swampland:

How Gay Marriage Won — Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets for the Supreme Court's historic oral arguments on same-sex marriage. Some hoped that the Justices would extend marriage rights …

Discussion: Business Insider, Good As You, TheBlaze.com and Poynter

David Weigel / Slate:

Flashback: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage — Jon Allen follows HuffPost's intriguing advocacy journalism by quoting the few Democrats who haven't endorsed gay marriage yet. (HuffPost's been straight-up shaming them, naming the senators who have yet to flip and explaining that …

Sam Baker / The Hill:

Conservatives wary of Chief Justice Roberts in same-sex marriage cases — Some social conservatives are ready to disown Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts if he votes in favor of same-sex marriage. — The conservatives were angered by Roberts's surprise backing of President Obama's healthcare law …

Discussion: Reuters and Boston Herald

Alexander Burns / Politico:

The SCOTUS ruling the GOP really wants — Conservatives watching this week's gay marriage arguments at the Supreme Court are wondering if it will happen again: Unelected justices ignoring the will of legislatures and high-handedly imposing their own wishes on one of society's most divisive moral issues.

Discussion: RedState, Hot Air, Reuters, Weekly Standard, CNN and Washington Wire

Politico:
Elena Kagan's DOMA ‘gotcha’ moment

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, SCOTUSblog, ABCNEWS, The Hill and Daily Kos

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Sorry, Justice Scalia: There's no evidence that gay parents aren't great parents

Discussion: Joe. My. God.

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama hopes SCOTUS doesn't punt

Discussion: Althouse

Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Judging by Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing, the Defense of Marriage Act can't be defended.

Discussion: SCOTUSblog, BuzzFeed and Washington Wire

Chris Cillizza / Post Politics:

Ashley Judd is not running for Senate — Update: Ashley Judd has announced via Twitter that she will not run for Senate. “After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote.

Discussion: The Week, WHAS, The Reaction, Daily Kos, The Fix, CBS News, Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain, Roll Call, Mediaite, Gawker and The PJ Tatler

Manu Raju / Politico:

Mitch McConnell's scorched-earth strategy — FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky is the Bluegrass State, but by the time Mitch McConnell is done with his reelection campaign, it may be better known for scorched earth. — The top Senate Republican is preparing to wage a ruthless campaign to hang on to his job.

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Caucus and Mother Jones

Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:

The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ — And why the fight is far from over. — A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama's health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into the Senate Republican leader's office to gauge his reaction.

Discussion: Washington Wire, First Read, Right Turn and ABCNEWS

Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won't back tea party challenge

Discussion: Hot Air

Manu Raju / Politico:
Obama, Republican senators set second date

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Post Politics

CNN:
Ashley Judd won't run for Senate

Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice and NewsBusters blogs

Jenn Taylor / Twitchy:
‘Born to campaign’: Ashley Judd equates running against Mitch McConnell with rape

Discussion: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin and The Daily Caller

Jethro Mullen / CNN:

U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea — The United States said Thursday, March 28, that it flew stealth bombers over South Korea to participate in annual military exercises amid spiking tensions with North Korea. Pictured, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over South Korea's western port city of Pyeongtaek.

Discussion: CBS News and Hot Air

Edward Jay Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Could Get the Bomb Overnight

Discussion: Power Line

The Atlantic Online:
North Korea Puts Its War Machine on Display

Discussion: Yahoo! News, AMERICAN DIGEST and New York Times

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Cate Edwards ‘devastated’ by father's affair — Cate Edwards, the daughter of John Edwards, was “devastated” to learn about the affair that shattered her father's political career, she said in an interview that is slated to air this week. — “Yes, he told me” about the affair …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN

TODAY.com Blogs:

John Edwards' eldest daughter: I was mad, ‘devastated’ about affair — Cate Edwards, the eldest daughter of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and author and health-care activist Elizabeth Edwards, speaks to Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview that will air Friday on TODAY and …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Taegan Goddard's …

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Newtown parents press for gun control in Bloomberg group's ad — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's (I) pro-gun control group on Thursday unveiled a new ad featuring parents of children killed in the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting calling for tougher gun laws.

David Martosko / Daily Mail:

Alabama lawmaker sends shocking RACIST rant to gun-rights constituent, and copies every member of the state legislature — A black member of the Alabama legislature uncorked a racist tirade in an email this week to a constituent who urged him not to embrace new gun control laws …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Extrano's Alley, a gun blog

George Talbot / al.com:
Alabama lawmaker's email: ‘Slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, snaggle-toothed kin folk’

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:

A nation suckered — Bilking billions from the government — No doubt you were shocked, shocked to learn that Jeffrey Hillman, the “barefoot beggar” who famously received a free pair of boots from a kindly NYPD cop, turned out to be a scam artist who preys on the kindness of strangers …

Discussion: Power Line

David Edwards / The Raw Story:

Idaho teacher investigated for saying ‘vagina’ during biology lesson — A high school science teacher in Idaho is under investigation by the state's professional standards commission because he reportedly used the word “vagina” during a biology lesson. — Tim McDaniel, who teaches 10th grade science …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Gawker and ThinkProgress

Zane McMillin / MLive.com:

Hillary Clinton coming to Grand Rapids this summer for Economic Club event — GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state to President Barack Obama, will attend the Economic Club of Grand Rapids' 26th Annual Dinner this summer. — The Club announced Wednesday that Clinton …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh