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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Chris Christie blasts gay-marriage ruling — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed the Supreme Court decision on DOMA as “wrong” and an example of “judicial supremacy.” — Christie, a former federal prosecutor, made the remarks on his “Ask the Governor” radio show, hours …
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ThinkProgress:
Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision — Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. — President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law. — Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 …
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John Fund / National Review:
Vetoing Democracy — Chief Justice John Roberts has done it again. His twisted reasoning in last year's Obamacare ruling wasn't the only unpleasant surprise he's sprung on supporters of the rule of law. — His majority 5-to-4 opinion in California's Proposition 8 case …
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Tim Grieve / NationalJournal.com:
Scalia: ‘High-Handed’ Kennedy Has Declared Us ‘Enemies of the Human Race’
Scalia: ‘High-Handed’ Kennedy Has Declared Us ‘Enemies of the Human Race’
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
President Obama: Supreme Court made ‘mistake’ on voting rights
President Obama: Supreme Court made ‘mistake’ on voting rights
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Roberts, the high court's chief peacemaker
John Roberts, the high court's chief peacemaker
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Exclusive: John Roberts' Openly Gay Cousin Will Now Be Getting Married
Exclusive: John Roberts' Openly Gay Cousin Will Now Be Getting Married
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court grants new cases
Court grants new cases
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
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Christie: I Would Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill Again
Christie: I Would Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill Again
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David Nather / Politico:
Dems who backed DOMA laud its end
Dems who backed DOMA laud its end
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Hadley Arkes / National Review:
Worse Than It Sounds, and It Cannot Be Cabined
Worse Than It Sounds, and It Cannot Be Cabined
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Emma Dumain / Goppers:
GOP Leaders Look to States to Oppose Gay Marriage
GOP Leaders Look to States to Oppose Gay Marriage
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Matt Vasilogambros / NationalJournal.com:
House Conservatives Push for Marriage Amendment After Supreme Court Ruling
House Conservatives Push for Marriage Amendment After Supreme Court Ruling
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’ — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) directly attacked state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) during a speech at the National Right To Life conference on Thursday, arguing that the state senator who filibustered for 13 hours to defeat …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Wendy and the Boys — There is an old saying that Texas is “heaven for men and dogs, but hell for women and oxen.” But the state's history is chock-full of stories of female role models. Barbara Jordan. Ann Richards. In downtown Austin, there's a statue of Angelina Eberly …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Wendy Davis: 'We're still going to fight' — Wendy Davis has a message for Rick Perry: Bring it on. — “They may roll over us. They probably will, but they underestimate the consequences of doing so,” Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat who led a nearly 13-hour filibuster to derail an abortion bill …
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CBS News:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry calls 2nd special session to pass abortion bill
Texas Gov. Rick Perry calls 2nd special session to pass abortion bill
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Shira Toeplitz / Roll Call:
Rick Perry Signs Texas Congressional Map Into Law
Rick Perry Signs Texas Congressional Map Into Law
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Treasury IG: Liberal groups weren't targeted by IRS like Tea Party — Liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status faced less IRS scrutiny than Tea Party groups, according to the Treasury inspector general. — Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration, told Rep. Sandy Levin …
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Rasmussen Reports:
26% of Obama Supporters View Tea Party as Nation's Top Terror Threat — Half of all voters consider radical Muslims the bigger terrorist threat facing the nation, but supporters of President Obama consider the Tea Party to be as big a danger. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS auditor reaffirms that conservatives, not liberals, were targeted
Guardian:
NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama — • Secret program launched by Bush continued ‘until 2011’ — • Fisa court renewed collection order every 90 days — • Current NSA programs still mine US internet metadata
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Same-Sex Marriage Availability Set to Double in One-Year Span — The Supreme Court's rulings on a pair of landmark cases on Wednesday, which overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act and effectively legalized same-sex marriage in California, are the latest in a recent series of legal …
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Both Sides on Same-Sex Marriage Focus on Next Battlegrounds
Both Sides on Same-Sex Marriage Focus on Next Battlegrounds
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Jessica Testa / BuzzFeed:
How Glenn Greenwald Became Glenn Greenwald — Before he was the Guardian 's eyes on the National Security Agency, Greenwald was a Manhattan litigator with an itchy trigger finger. “He doesn't care if the entire world hates him.” — Via: Vincent Yu / AP
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Dareh Gregorian / NY Daily News:
Glenn Greenwald, journalist who broke Edward Snowden story, was once lawyer sued over porn business
Glenn Greenwald, journalist who broke Edward Snowden story, was once lawyer sued over porn business
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
The personal side of taking on the NSA: emerging smears | Glenn Greenwald
The personal side of taking on the NSA: emerging smears | Glenn Greenwald
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Tammy Duckworth Eviscerates Contractor Who Claimed Veterans Disability — WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a veteran of the Iraq War, dramatically chastised a federal contractor who claimed that a high school sports injury had rendered him a service-disabled veteran.
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Wall Street Journal:
Snowden's Exit Path Stirs Questions — Travel Documents, Transit Points Pose Questions — By - JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA in Mexico City and - JACK NICAS — Questions swirled Wednesday over whether fugitive Edward Snowden, the admitted leaker of U.S. secrets, has a clear path to asylum in Ecuador.
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Schlafly: Latinos Won't Vote Republican Because They 'Don't Understand' Bill of Rights, Have Too Many ‘Illegitimate’ Kids — Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly has been making the media rounds recently to encourage the GOP to drop any attempts to reach out to Latino voters …
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Washington Post:
CIA report refutes Senate panel's criticism of agency's harsh interrogation methods — The CIA has completed a report that challenges the findings of a Senate investigation of the agency's interrogation program, according to U.S. officials who said the response cites errors in the congressional probe …
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