Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:25 PM ET, June 26, 2013

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.
RELATED:
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.
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement  —  (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by recognizing that married gay men and women are eligible for federal benefits and paving the way for same-sex marriage in California.
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: The Maddow Blog, Wonkblog and Popehat
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Frank Rich on the National Circus: Gay Marriage Triumphs, Roberts Be Damned
Discussion: Politico, Wonkblog, The BRAD BLOG and CNN
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:   Hillary Clinton, other potential 2016ers react to rulings
Politico:
GOP leadership on DOMA: It's up to the states
Carly Schwartz / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court DOMA Decision Rules Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: ‘No surprise’ DOMA struck down
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Prop. 8: Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in California
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Antonin Scalia's Gay Marriage Dissent Is Dripping With Contempt And Sarcasm
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Live Analysis of the Supreme Court Decisions on Gay Marriage
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Supreme Court Rules DOMA Is Unconstitutional
Discussion: Slate and The Raw Story
CNN:
Court issues 5-4 ruling rejecting DOMA
Discussion: PrawfsBlawg and Friendly Atheist
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Supreme court Doma and Prop 8 rulings align law with US public opinion | Harry Enten
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: 55 percent support same-sex marriage
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Austin American-Statesman:
Screaming protest disrupts vote on abortion bill  —  Sen. Wendy Davis, speaking to a large and adoring crowd gathered outside the Senate door, thanked her supporters.  —  “Today was democracy in action,” she told the crowd.  “You all are the voices we were speaking for from the floor.”
RELATED:
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 …
Becca Aaronson / The Texas Tribune:
Led by Davis, Democrats Defeat Abortion Legislation … The nation watched on Tuesday — and into Wednesday — as Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis and hundreds of impassioned reproductive rights advocates stalled proceedings and ultimately defeated controversial abortion legislation in a storm …
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 …
Ed Payne / CNN:
After midnight filibuster, Texas abortion bill fails  —  (CNN) — The Texas legislature's special session ended in chaos and confusion early Wednesday, when a marathon filibuster failed — but so did a Republican effort to pass a bill that would have greatly restricted abortions in the state.
CNN:
Lawmaker filibusters abortion bill
Discussion: Guardian, Althouse and Rare
Richard A. Posner / Slate:
Supreme Court 2013: The Year in Review  —  Entry 16: The Voting Rights Act ruling is about the conservative imagination.  —  To: Emily Bazelon, Walter Dellinger, and Eric Posner  —  Shelby County v. Holder, decided Tuesday, struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act …
RELATED:
Ilya Shapiro / Bloomberg:
Jim Crow Is Dead. Long Live the Constitution.
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
President Obama confronts George W. Bush court on voting, gay rights cases
Te-Ping Chen / China Real Time Report:
Name Mix-Up Helped Snowden Leave Hong Kong … The U.S. Justice Department needs to pay more attention to names and numbers when requesting other governments to detain its citizens, Hong Kong officials say.  —  By now, the world is very familiar with the name Edward Snowden …
RELATED:
Bloomberg:
This Is Not About Edward Snowden
Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Snowden, Through the Eyes of a Spy Novelist
Discussion: msnbc.com and Yahoo! News
CNN:
‘Crossfire’ coming back to CNN  —  Washington (CNN) - An institution is coming back to CNN.  —  “Crossfire,” the long-running political debate show that aired on CNN from 1982-2005, is getting a reboot, the news network announced Wednesday.  Four new hosts - two on the left, and two on the right - will debut the program this fall.
RELATED:
CNN:
Crossfire Returns  —  Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter …
ESPN:
Aaron Hernandez arrested  —  NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Aaron Hernandez was arrested Wednesday morning, more than a week after an acquaintance of the New England Patriots tight end was found dead in an industrial park near his house.  —  The Bristol County District Attorney's office released …
RELATED:
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.”
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.
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Republicans Across The South Promise Quick Action After SCOTUS Ruling  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2013 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2013 (revised estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
Alison Rourke / Guardian:
Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister  —  Julia Gillard confirms she will not contest next parliamentary elections after losing Labor party leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd  —  Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, has been sacked by her party just months …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:25 PM ET, June 26, 2013.

View the current page or another snapshot:


Page version:
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Second IRS staffer pleads the Fifth
Discussion: Hot Air
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
‘Obama’ Target Maker Debuts ‘Gun Control Lobbyist,’ Al Sharpton Targets
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
Why Are So Many College Graduates Driving Taxis?
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
IRS credit cards used for wine, pornography, IG report says
Alyssa Brown / Gallup:
Americans Reject Size Limit on Soft Drinks in Restaurants
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Reuters:
Charter says it will acquire Cox Communications for $21.9B, valuing Cox at $34.5B including debt and uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband operators

Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more

Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Filing: advertisers ask a US judge to dismiss X's lawsuit accusing them of boycotting the company, arguing X failed to show that they acted with any common plan
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page