memeorandum: Justice Stevens: The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment (John Paul Stevens/Washington Post)

7:35 AM ET, April 13, 2014

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Liz Fields / ABC News:

Nevada Cattle Rancher Wins ‘Range War’ With Feds … A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters. — Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau …

Discussion: CBS Las Vegas, The Daily Caller, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8 News NOW, Hot Air, Americans Against the …, Hullabaloo, Right Wing News, Talking Points Memo, Liberaland, ThinkProgress and Hit & Run

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Standoff at Bundy Ranch Ends, With Photo of the Year So Far — Before I had quite figured out what to make of the Bundy Ranch standoff, it appears to have been resolved. The Bureau of Land Management has announced that in view of the risk of violence, it is withdrawing its forces, which include snipers, from the area.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Taylor Marsh and Crime and Consequences Blog

Fox News:

Federal agency pulls back in Nevada ranch standoff, but legal fight remains — APRIL 7: Embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, left, and his son Dave Bundy talk to a reporter on the corner of North Las Vegas Boulevard and East Stewart Avenue in downtown Las Vegas.AP/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy

Infowars:
20 Cowboys Break Fed Blockade in Nevada, Retrieve Cattle

Discussion: Daily Mail, 8 News NOW and Liberaland

John Paul Stevens / Washington Post:

Justice Stevens: The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment — John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. This essay is excerpted from his new book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.”

Discussion: PJ Media, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Althouse, Josh Blackman's Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and American Prospect

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Bush draws boos from conservatives — A mention of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), a potential 2016 presidential contender, brought boos from a conservative crowd in New Hampshire on Saturday. — Speaking at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit, a gathering of conservative activists …

Discussion: Liberaland, CNN and The Moderate Voice

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Mike Huckabee Says Obama May Be Lying About His Support For Gay Marriage — “Mike Huckabee Says Obama May Be Lying About His Support For Gay Marriage” Share: — Mike Huckabee questioned President Obama's support for marriage equality during an appearance on Fox News on Friday …

Discussion: Liberaland

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Huckabee Slams Obama on Gay Marriage: Where Are His ‘Christian Convictions’?

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and The Raw Story

Daily Mail:

Investigators reveal MH370 co-pilot tried to make a call from his mobile phone after the aircraft ‘vanished’ but ‘was abruptly cut off’ as U.S. deny reports the plane landed at their remote military base — The co-pilot of missing flight MH370 made a call from his mobile phone …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Hollywood Life and Liberaland

Christopher Cousins / Bangor Daily News:

LePage vetoes solar energy bill, two others — AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed three more bills Friday evening, including a solar energy concept he has been railing against for weeks. — LePage said he vetoed LD 1252, An Act to Improve Maine's Economy and Energy Security with Solar …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story

Alan Schwarz / New York Times:

Idea of New Attention Disorder Spurs Research, and Debate — With more than six million American children having received a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, concern has been rising that the condition is being significantly misdiagnosed and overtreated with prescription medications.

Discussion: The Verge and Althouse

Sen. Orrin Hatch / The Hill:

Protect the Senate's important ‘advice and consent’ role — The Senate's constitutional role of “advice and consent” is an essential check on the president's constitutional power to appoint executive and judicial branch officials. The Senate is charged with advising the president …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Union threatens retribution for House Dems opposing Keystone — A top building trades union is launching a midterm-election assault on House Democrats who oppose construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. — A letter distributed Friday by the Laborers' International Union of North America …

Discussion: American Thinker, Fox News and The Reaction

Wall Street Journal:

Advice and ObamaCare Consent — Sebelius's replacement deserves a full-scale Senate vetting. — Kathleen Sebelius has been let out a rear door of the Health and Human Services Department, and her exit is an opportunity for getting some ObamaCare accountability.

Discussion: Washington Monthly