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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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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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The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Free Lance-Star and The Century Foundation
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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Scalia: ‘High-Handed’ Kennedy Has Declared Us ‘Enemies of the Human Race’
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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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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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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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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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Joe. My. God. and Red Alert Politics
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
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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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Christie: I Would Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill Again
Christie: I Would Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill Again
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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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David Nather / Politico:
Dems who backed DOMA laud its end
Dems who backed DOMA laud its end
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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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Wendy Davis: 'We're still going to fight'
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Collier Meyerson / msnbc.com:
Wendy Davis, next Texas governor?
Wendy Davis, next Texas governor?
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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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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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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
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House Republicans may split farm bill in two — Moving further to the right, the House Republican leadership is actively pursuing a strategy now of splitting their failed farm bill into two parts so that the nutrition title and food stamps funding can be considered on its own.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Timing of legalization becomes key to immigration reform chances
Timing of legalization becomes key to immigration reform chances
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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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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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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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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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Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
Looking for Bias — Does the University of Colorado need to do a survey to determine that many at the Boulder campus are liberal? And does a liberal-leaning faculty and student body mean that anything is wrong there? Those are among the questions raised by last week's Board of Regents vote …
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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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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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Kimberly McCarthy Executed: Texas Carries Out 500th Execution — HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. — Kimberly McCarthy, who was put to death …
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