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10:30 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.
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 …
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
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 …
Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
What Is the Fiscal Impact of Gay Marriage?
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Dish and Daily Kos
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Parties scramble to come to terms with opinion shift on same-sex marriage
Discussion: Roll Call and Prairie Weather
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jon Tester backs same-sex marriage
Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Perry says he and Texans oppose legalizing gay marriage
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Reid faces dilemma over Dem defections after close budget vote  —  The razor-thin margin of passage for the Senate Democratic budget highlights the challenge Majority Leader Harry Reid will have in steering President Obama's legislative agenda through the Senate.
Discussion: Politico and Prairie Weather
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John Gramlich / Roll Call:
Senate Support for Gun Rights Shown in Budget Vote
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and First Read
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Ted Cruz flip-flopped on guns, Democrats say
Discussion: Mediaite
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Shuts Last Remaining Hot Line to South  —  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea cut off the last remaining military hot lines 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
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Congress Improves Among Hispanics; Obama, SCOTUS Hold Majority Popularity  —  Popularity of the U.S. Congress, while weak overall, has gained sharply among Hispanics, likely reflecting its current efforts on immigration reform, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll has found.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Iowahawk / BREITBART.COM:
Same Sex Marriage and Gilligan's Island Game Theory  —  After 28 years of wedded bliss and 2 kids, I'm guessing I'm probably the Conversation's resident marriage champ.  (It was an arranged Hindu ceremony, I was 3 and she was 2.)  And there's nobody who can better attest to the joys and benefits of a traditional monogamous union.
Discussion: Hit & Run
CBS News:
Poll: 80% of Americans unhappy with Washington  —  The Sequester  —  Americans continue to believe the sequester cuts will be bad for the country (41 percent) in the long run, and just 28 percent expect their effect to be good for the country.  However, the view that sequester will have no impact …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and First Read
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
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
State Tells Investors That Climate Change May Hurt Its Finances  —  ALBANY — In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has started to caution investors that climate change poses a long-term risk to the state's finances.  —  The warning, which is now appearing …
CNN:
Who really killed bin Laden?  —  Osama bin Laden was killed by a team of U.S. SEALS on May 2, 2011, at a compound near Abbottabad, Pakistan.  Click through to see images of the compound where he spent the last days of his life.  —  HIDE CAPTION  —  Bin Laden's compound
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 …
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 …
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
WBUR poll shows Edward J. Markey leading Democratic race and Michael J. Sullivan ahead in the Republican run for US Senate nomination  —  US Representative Edward J. Markey is leading the race for the Democratic Senate nomination while former US attorney Michael J. Sullivan is ahead in the battle …
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 …
Michael J. Moore / Bloomberg:
Goldman Rejects Proposal That Firm Run for Elected Office  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the investment bank nicknamed “Government Sachs” because of senior executives who have moved into public posts, won't be entering politics itself.  —  A shareholder proposal that the New York-based company run …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The National Memo
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, BBC and Spectator
Des Moines Register:
King leaning toward running for Senate  —  He says fundraising wouldn't be a problem  —  U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Ia., hinted Monday he is leaning toward a run next year for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, saying the odds are “a little more than 50-50” that he will launch a campaign.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
Washington Free Beacon:
Mayors Gone Wild  —  Mayors Against Illegal Guns member and Democratic Gainesville, Fla., Mayor Craig Lowe was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and property damage after police found him asleep in his car at the scene of a crash last Thursday.
 
 
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
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Washington Examiner:
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Patrick Butler / Guardian:
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ProPublica:
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
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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:
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
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