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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
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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 …
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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Sacramento Bee, Wall Street Journal, Public Discourse, Betsy's Page and SCOTUSblog
Ross Douthat:
Religious Liberty and the Gay Marriage Endgame — Since Anthony Kennedy tends to have the final say when our republic's culture war debates reach the Supreme Court, and since it seems safe to assume where the author of Romer v. Evans and Lawrence v. Texas stands on the question of gay marriage …
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The case for polygamy — Discussing the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage recently, Sen. Rand Paul joked about bestiality. This was unwise. If Paul wanted to make the slippery slope argument, the case for polygamy is much more compelling — and realistic. — This is not some straw man argument.
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Post Politics, NOM Blog and BuzzFeed
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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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BuzzFeed, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, CNN, Bloomberg and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Agonist and msnbc.com, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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protein wisdom
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court grants new cases
Court grants new cases
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Joe. My. God. and Red Alert Politics
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Why Yesterday's Supreme Court Case Impacts New Jersey, Whether Chris Christie Likes It Or Not
Why Yesterday's Supreme Court Case Impacts New Jersey, Whether Chris Christie Likes It Or Not
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Business Insider and The Raw Story
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
Current Conditions — “While any racial discrimination in voting …
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p m carpenter's commentary and BuzzFeed
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Federal Court Speaks, but Couples Still Face State Legal Patchwork
Federal Court Speaks, but Couples Still Face State Legal Patchwork
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Facing South and msnbc.com
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
The Court's Immeasurable Impact
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GetReligion, msnbc.com, Philly.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Shira Toeplitz / Roll Call:
Rick Perry Signs Texas Congressional Map Into Law
Rick Perry Signs Texas Congressional Map Into Law
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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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BOR, Yahoo! News, The Texas Tribune, The Raw Story, CNN and Roll Call
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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protein wisdom, BizPac Review, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
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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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Yahoo! News, Reuters and ABC News
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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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Crooks and Liars, The Week and Gawker
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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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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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The Hinterland Gazette and Business Insider
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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The American Conservative and Unqualified Offerings