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9:30 AM ET, March 27, 2013

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Court to Hear Arguments on Defense of Marriage Act  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returns to the subject of same-sex marriage for a second day on Wednesday, when the justices hear arguments about the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996.
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The Proposition 8 oral argument  —  Much will be written about the Proposition 8 oral argument.  The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to decide the merits of whether Proposition 8 is constitutional.
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Here Are the 7 Worst Things Antonin Scalia Has Said or Written About Homosexuality  —  This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments about equal rights for gay Americans.  But we already know what Scalia thinks.  —  Justice Antonin Scalia has written that “it is our moral heritage …
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
Alito's provocative question  —  I'm still working my way through the transcript (pdf) of today's Supreme Court oral argument on California's Prop 8, but there's one quote that already seems to be generating quite a bit of attention.  It comes by way of Justice Samuel Alito:
Discussion: Right Wing News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts  —  To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark caseson the issue.  —  You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Courting Cowardice  —  As the arguments unfurled in Tuesday's case on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court justices sounded more and more cranky.  —  Things were moving too fast for them.  —  How could the nine, cloistered behind velvety rose curtains, marble pillars and archaic customs …
Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
What Is the Fiscal Impact of Gay Marriage?
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Dish and Daily Kos
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jon Tester backs same-sex marriage
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Advocate, Hot Air and Taylor Marsh
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: On marriage, Kennedy in control
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Maine Senator's Marriage Position Remains Murky
Discussion: Hot Air
Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Perry says he and Texans oppose legalizing gay marriage
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court justices signal dodge on gay marriage ruling
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
Napp Nazworth / Christian News, The Christian Post:
Huckabee: Evangelicals Will Leave If GOP Backs Gay Marriage
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Shuts Last Remaining Hotline to South  —  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea cut off the last remaining military hotlines with South Korea on Wednesday, accusing President Park Geun-hye of South Korea of pursuing the same hard-line policy of her predecessor that the North blamed …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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The Atlantic Online:
Is This North Korean Hovercraft-Landing Photo Faked?
Discussion: Guardian
USA Today:
North Korea threatens Hawaii and U.S. mainland
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Firedoglake
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 27, 2013 - Sandy Won't Change Their Vacation Plans, New Jersey Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Poll; Menendez Gets Small Bounce After Big Drop  —  New Jersey voters say 85 - 13 percent that they are not changing their summer vacation plans because of Hurricane Sandy …
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box and Politico
Joan Walsh / Salon:
How not to seem like a racist  —  A tip for right-wingers angry about charges of racial bias: Try treating the Obama daughters with decency  —  Writing my piece on Andrew Breitbart and Tucker Carlson, I missed a huge example of overlap between their two sham-empires: the reporter who broke …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Secret Service Gets First Female Director  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday appointed Julia A. Pierson, a longtime Secret Service agent, as the first woman to head the agency best known for protecting the president, vice president and their families.
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama to name Julia Pierson as new Secret Service director
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Has Washington waited too long?  —  President Barack Obama said Newtown changed everything.  —  But it didn't change Washington.  —  Two days after 20 first-graders were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in what Obama has said was the worst day of his presidency …
Robin Marty / RH Reality Check:
Despite Abortion Bans, TRAP Law Is the Real Threat to Abortion Access in North Dakota (UPDATED) … “Personhood,” heartbeat bans, forcing women to give birth to babies diagnosed with genetic anomalies that make them unlikely to survive long after birth, if they make it that long …
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John Eligon / New York Times:
North Dakota Governor Signs Strict Abortion Limits
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Fox News:
Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians after Muslim Brotherhood protest  —  Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case …
Tori Richards / Watchdog.org:
Your taxes help promote world's most hated dictators  —  Thanks to your generous support, the New York City-based People's Rights Fund has been able publicize the great work of Karl Marx and dictators Kim Jong-Il, Hugo Chavez and Saddam Hussein.  —  Don't remember writing that check?
Jeremy Armstrong / Mirror.co.uk:
Oh brother: David Miliband to quit as MP for “dream” charity job in New York  —  The Mirror understands the brother of Labour leader Ed intends to step down with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in May  —  David Miliband is to stun Parliament by stepping down as an MP tomorrow to take up a “dream job” in New York.
Discussion: Guardian, Spectator and BBC
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Ted Cruz flip-flopped on guns, Democrats say  —  Senate Democrats are accusing Sen. Ted Cruz — one of the conservatives threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation — of flip-flopping on the issue.  —  Majority Leader Harry Reid's office posted a video of Cruz raising the possibility …
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call, First Read and Mediaite
Connor Adams Sheets / International Business Times:
Actor Jake McClain Tweeting Every Word Of 906-Page ‘Obamacare’ Health Reform Law  —  Actor and director Jake McClain has taken on the monumental task of tweeting every single word of the 906-page “Obamacare” health reform law in hopes of drawing attention to the bill's content …
 
 
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Bob McDonnell, Virginia Governor, Introduces Abortion Coverage Ban
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael J. Moore / Bloomberg:
Goldman Rejects Proposal That Firm Run for Elected Office
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The National Memo
Washington Examiner:
National Editorial: Soaring Social Security disability rolls headed for collapse
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Washington Free Beacon:
Mayors Gone Wild
Patrick Butler / Guardian:
Food vouchers to provide emergency help but prevent spending on alcohol
Discussion: Telegraph
ProPublica:
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing
Discussion: The Verge, NPR and American Prospect
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Natural gas industry group lands senior API lobbyist for top job
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
David Keene, NRA President, Has No Regrets About Newtown Massacre Response
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Daily Kos
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: MO Dept. of Revenue Subpoenaed On Backdoor Gun Registration With FEMA and DHS
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Steele: Priebus ‘crapping’ on my legacy
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