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11:00 AM ET, May 13, 2010

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Bloomberg:
Kagan Was ‘Not Sympathetic’ as Law Clerk to Gun-Rights Argument  —  Elena Kagan said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was “not sympathetic” toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Finding Meaning in Kagan's Tie to Justice Marshall  —  WASHINGTON — In the spring of 1988, Justice Thurgood Marshall assigned a clerk, Elena Kagan, to write a first draft of his opinion in a case considering whether a school district could charge a poor family for busing a child to the nearest school, which was 16 miles away.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Questions surround Kagan's handling of White House eco-terrorist controversy  —  In 1995 and 1996, future Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was involved in a bizarre controversy in which the Clinton White House was accused of siding with an eco-terrorist group locked in a standoff with federal agents deep in the woods of Oregon.
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
HOW THEY DO IT  —  In 1993, Elena Kagan wrote an article …
Wall Street Journal:
Voters Shifting to GOP  —  Republicans have solidified support among voters who had drifted from the party in recent elections, putting the GOP in position for a strong comeback in November's mid-term campaign, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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Boston Herald:
FBI conducting searches in Times Square probe  —  Watertown, Brookline locations may be tied to Faisal Shahzad  —  Federal agents today executed search warrants in Watertown and other locations across the Northeast in connection with the investigation into the attempted May 1 Times Square bombing …
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Michael McAuliff / NY Daily News:
White House slashes NY anti-terrorism funds amid buzz Obama …
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
The New Poor: The Economy Shifts, Leaving Some Behind  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Many of the jobs lost during the recession are not coming back.  —  Period.  —  For the last two years, the weak economy has provided an opportunity for employers to do what they would have done anyway …
Louise Story / New York Times:
Cuomo Is Said to Question Banks' Influence on Ratings  —  The New York attorney general has started an investigation of eight banks to determine whether they provided misleading information to rating agencies in order to inflate the grades of certain mortgage securities, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation.
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. council bans most official travel to Arizona  —  Members, arguing that the new immigration law could lead to racial profiling, also vote to bar future city contracts with companies in that state.  —  Councilman Ed Reyes meets with supporters after the council voted to ban most city travel …
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
I Don't Like Roger Ebert  —  I love Twitter.  I use it all the time.  When I say use, hear it the way an addict would say it.  I use Twitter.  I'm pretty good at it too.  Not in the sense of having lots of followers, or being really popular, or anyone knowing who I am.
Curtis Lum / Honolulu Advertiser:
‘Birther’ measure signed into law  —  Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday signed into law the so-called “birther” bill that is intended to limit the number of requests for President Obama's Hawai'i birth certificate.  —  Hawai'i state officials receive dozens of requests for Obama's birth certificate each month …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Right Now
Daniel de Vise / College Inc.:
USNA reconsiders greasy-statue climb  —  The Herndon Climb is a signature annual event at the United States Naval Academy.  Each May, a thousand first-year midshipmen surge to the top of a 21-foot granite obelisk coated with 200 pounds of lard.  The first mid to the top plants a midshipman's cap.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Sources: Dems Seek To Protect Lincoln By Delaying Action On Wall Street Reform  —  One of the most far-reaching pieces of the Senate's Wall Street reform bill has powerful enemies.  The White House doesn't like it.  FDIC chief Sheila Bair doesn't like it.  Obama adviser Paul Volcker …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
In Kentucky's Senate race, ties to Mitch McConnell could be helpful or harmful  —  MONTICELLO, KY. — When Senate candidate Rand Paul told a lunchtime crowd at Shearer's Buffet that “we have to do things differently” in Washington and “bring 'em home and send some different Republicans,” …
Claire Bates / Daily Mail:
Jupiter loses one of its stripes and scientists are stumped as to why  —  Jupiter has lost one of its iconic red stripes and scientists are baffled as to why.  —  The largest planet in our solar system is usually dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere, with one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere.
Discussion: The Onion
Ezra Klein:
Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit ‘is zero’  —  James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin.  He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
SC Gov. Sanford saw Argentine lover in Florida  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he spent last weekend in Florida with his Argentine lover, hoping to rekindle the affair that wrecked his marriage and his political future and brought a formal rebuke from legislators for embarrassing the state.
David Catanese / The Politico:
Lincoln, Halter, gear up for Arkansas runoff  —  Less than a week before their Senate primary, Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter are preparing for their acrimonious contest to head into overtime.  —  With recent polls showing Lincoln with less than the 50 percent of the vote needed …
Discussion: The Swamp
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Rogue General Seh Daeng Is Shot During Thai Protests  —  BANGKOK — A renegade Thai general was shot in Bangkok on Thursday as the military planned to encircle the barricaded encampment of antigovernment demonstrators.  —  Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59, better known as Seh Daeng, was allied with the protesters.
Discussion: Clusterstock
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
The Contrast in Mood Between Today and 1983  —  The most astonishing and surprising thing I find about Washington DC today is the contrast in mood between DC today and what DC was thinking a generation ago, in 1983, the last time the unemployment rate was kissing 10%.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Bailout Nation v. Rule of Law  —  Financial regulatory “reform” has been wending its desultory way through Congress for quite a while, and one can lose track of where things stand and what's important.  —  But there's a vote scheduled for the Senate floor today that matters.
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
The quiet war for Hill power  —  Rep. Norm Dicks didn't waste a minute in grabbing for the gavel of the House Appropriations Committee.  —  The Washington state Democrat began burning up the phone lines as soon as Chairman Dave Obey announced last Wednesday that he would not seek reelection.
Discussion: Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
What's Happening to Faisal Shahzad?  —  The lack of a court appearance suggests prosecutors are getting information.  But they shouldn't have to improvise.  —  The Obama administration's announcement that it will seek legislative changes to Miranda warnings for terrorism suspects is a signal event.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden and Commentary
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
The banality of weasels  —  They could toss in more, but FoxNews and Goldline have the Dummy under Contract.  (photo: niznoz via Flickr)  —  Oh dear, I hope it's okay to refer to Oil Executives (and clearly my betters) with a derisive name.  But after failing to contain an oil spill …
Discussion: CNN
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Criminal charges likely from Gulf oil spill, legal experts say  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are likely to file criminal charges against at least one of the companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico spill, raising the prospects of significantly higher penalties than a current $75 million cap …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Oil spill: BP had wrong diagram to close blowout preventer  —  WASHINGTON — In the days after an oil well spun out of control in the Gulf of Mexico, BP engineers tried to activate a huge piece of underwater safety equipment but failed because the device had been so altered that diagrams BP got …
 
 
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