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8:05 PM ET, June 26, 2013

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Eyder Peralta / NPR:

Court Overturns DOMA, Sidesteps Broad Gay Marriage Ruling … The Supreme Court issued rulings on two highly-anticipated cases on gay marriage today. By 5-4, it ruled the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional.

Discussion: Balkinization, New York Times, The Other McCain, Applesauce, The Democratic Daily, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Poynter, The Moderate Voice, RYOT News, The Hinterland Gazette, Connecting.the.Dots and Businessweek, more at Mediagazer »

Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:

The Five Craziest Reactions To The Marriage Equality Rulings — It was actually sunny in Washington today. (Credit: National Organization for Marriage) — Though the strong majorities of Americans who support marriage equality and equal federal benefits for gay couples celebrated today's …

Discussion: Politico, Towleroad News #gay and Booman Tribune

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage With Two Major Rulings — WASHINGTON — In a pair of major victories for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that married same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and, by declining to decide a case from California, effectively allowed same-sex marriages there.

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Antonin Scalia Is Angry. Again. — Ten years ago, when the Supreme Court ruled that laws outlawing sodomy between consenting adults were unconstitutional in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a blistering dissent. “What a massive disruption of the current social order,” he practically wailed from the page.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Slate, Guardian, ACS Blog, New Republic, The Maddow Blog and The Dish

BuzzFeed:

The 2013 Running Of The Interns — A Supreme Court special edition . — Suggested soundtrack for this post: — The “Running of the Interns” is a cherished Washington D.C. tradition. — Via: Win McNamee / Getty Images — Whenever the Supreme Court hands down a groundbreaking ruling...

Discussion: FishbowlDC and Poynter

Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:

Minutes After Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Immigration Judge Stops Deportation Of Married Gay Man — A New York City immigration judge immediately stopped the deportation proceedings of a gay Colombian man who is legally married to an American citizen soon after the Supreme Court struck …

Discussion: American Forces Press Service, BuzzFeed, The Raw Story and AMERICAblog

defense.gov:

IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Statement by Secretary Hagel on DOMA Ruling — The Department of Defense welcomes the Supreme Court's decision today on the Defense of Marriage Act. The department will immediately begin the process of implementing the Supreme Court's decision in consultation …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, AMERICAblog and White House.gov Blog

Clinton Foundation:

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY CLINTON ON TODAY'S SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY — By overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, the Court recognized that discrimination towards any group holds us all back in our efforts to form a more perfect union.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe. My. God., Michelle Malkin, Good As You, Towleroad News #gay and Rare

Josh Barro / Business Insider:

Antonin Scalia's Gay Marriage Dissent Is Dripping With Contempt And Sarcasm — Today the Supreme Court threw out Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages even if they are allowed under state law.

Discussion: Gawker and Washington Monthly

Linda Hirshman / New Republic:

The Gay-Marriage Victory Is Bigger Than You Think — How the DOMA ruling creates a path for nationwide marriage equality — Today's Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage look a lot like the experts predicted, right down to who wrote the opinions. The Court struck down the federal Defense …

Discussion: American Prospect and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Frank Rich on the National Circus: Gay Marriage Triumphs, Roberts Be Damned

Discussion: Mediaite, BillMoyers.com, ACS Blog, New York Times, Wonkblog, Ed Driscoll, Politico, Taegan Goddard's … and The Maddow Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
SCOTUS, like Obama, leaves marriage to states

Discussion: CNN and Bloomberg

CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for June 26, 2013

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Politico

Eric Henderson / CBS Minnesota:
Minnesota Reacts To SCOTUS Decision On DOMA

Discussion: New Republic

Politico:
GOP leadership on DOMA: It's up to the states

Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA and p m carpenter's commentary

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD

Discussion: ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed and Guardian

Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Impolitic, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh and Not the Singularity

Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The DOMA Decision and Federalism

Discussion: Wonkblog, The Maddow Blog and neo-neocon

Jeff Zeleny / ABC News:
Rand Paul: On Gay Marriage GOP Needs to ‘Agree to Disagree’

Discussion: The Hill, AMERICAblog and Hot Air

Dan Morrison / CBS DC:
National Cathedral Rings Bells to Cheer Gay Marriage

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

George Chauncey / New York Times: The Long Road to Marriage Equality

New York Times:

In Texas, a Senator's Stand Catches the Spotlight — AUSTIN, Tex. — A Fort Worth Democrat, Senator Wendy Davis, 50, stood in her running shoes on the green carpeted floor of the Senate chamber and spoke about a bill with some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country from 11:18 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, Guardian, The Lede, Mediaite, BOR, The Mahablog, The Texas Tribune, American Spectator, PostPartisan, New Republic, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, BuzzFeed, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Reaction

U.S. News:

Texas abortion bill fails to pass after epic filibuster — A bill that opponents claimed would virtually ban abortion in Texas failed to pass late Tuesday after lawmakers missed a deadline by just minutes. — There were chaotic scenes after a filibuster attempt fell just short and protesters cheered …

Discussion: CNN, The Maddow Blog, Associated Press, Online NewsHour, NPR, PoliticusUSA, News Desk, The Impolitic, msnbc.com, The Fix, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, Red Alert Politics, BizPac Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hit & Run and Balloon Juice

Austin American-Statesman:
Screaming protest disrupts vote on abortion bill

Abby Rapoport / American Prospect:
The Wendy Davis Rebellion in Texas

Discussion: The Monkey Cage and Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Americans (Narrowly) Support 20-Week Abortion Ban

Discussion: She The People, The Hill, msnbc.com, Hot Air, Yahoo! News, Weekly Standard, NewsBusters and Weasel Zippers

Misstripleem / Twitchy:
Midnight chaos: Screaming pro-abortion mob disrupts Texas state legislature vote on SB 5 [video, photos]

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

In 2009, Ed Snowden said leakers “should be shot.” Then he became one — In Internet chat, Snowden opined on travel, short-selling—and national security. — Aurich Lawson / The Guardian — Ed Snowden was 23 years old when he moved to Geneva in 2007. Soon after arriving, he was looking for a taste of home.

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Hit & Run, BobCesca.com, Business Insider and Quartz, more at Mediagazer »

Te-Ping Chen / China Real Time Report:
Name Mix-Up Helped Snowden Leave Hong Kong

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, National Review, The Daily Caller and Quartz

Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:
Four years ago, Ed Snowden thought leakers should be ‘shot’

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and The Daily Caller

Bloomberg:
This Is Not About Edward Snowden

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and War Is A Crime .org

Ross Douthat:

When Congress Abdicates — I have gone over Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion in today's Voting Rights Act decision twice, and each time it has persuaded me that the V.R.A. should be revised in light of current conditions without persuading me that this is a question that the Supreme Court should be adjudicating.

Discussion: Wonkblog and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Steven Hill / Reuters:
So the Voting Rights Act Is Gutted—What Can Protect Minority Voters Now?

Discussion: New York Times, Betsy's Page, Facts & other stubborn things and Weasel Zippers

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
GOP's Sensenbrenner calls for update of Voting Rights Act

Discussion: Politico

Office of the Governor / Rick Perry:

Gov. Perry Calls Special Session to Begin July 1 — AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today announced a Special Session of the Texas Legislature will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, July 1. — “I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas.

Discussion: BBC, msnbc.com, National Review, Hot Air and BOR

Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Gov. Rick Perry to push abortion regulations again in special session starting next week

Discussion: Washington Monthly, National Review and NPR

Tony Lee / BREITBART.COM:

EXCLUSIVE: PALIN THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET ON PRIMARY CHALLENGES TO RUBIO, AYOTTE — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has the most influence among conservative voters in Republican primaries, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) …

Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, Libertarian Republican and Conservatives4Palin

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

The personal side of taking on the NSA: emerging smears — Distractions about my past and personal life have emerged - an inevitable side effect for those who challenge the US government — When I made the choice to report aggressively on top-secret NSA programs, I knew that I would inevitably …

Discussion: Politico and Techdirt, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

Crossfire Returns — Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, Van Jones to Host Debate Program — CNN today announced that Crossfire, previously the longest running political debate program on television, will return to the network this fall. Hosting from the right will be Newt Gingrich …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:
‘Crossfire’ coming back to CNN

Discussion: Politico, Libertarian Republican, Piers Morgan, Connecting.the.Dots, Business Insider and Ed Driscoll, more at Mediagazer »

Anthony York / Los Angeles Times:

Jerry Brown: Counties must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — Gov. Jerry Brown says counties must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples (Rich Pedroncelli) — Gov. Jerry Brown said county clerks must soon begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the wake …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Towleroad News #gay

Office of the Governor / Office of Governor …:
GOVERNOR BROWN ISSUES STATEMENT ON HISTORIC PROPOSITION 8 RULING

Discussion: BuzzFeed and SCOTUSblog

Ariel Levy / News Desk:

How Edith Windsor Learned She Won — Everyone at the apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edith Windsor's successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, exploded in screams and sobs when the ruling came down. Kaplan called her mother and said, “Total victory, Mom: it couldn't be better.”