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2:50 AM ET, March 27, 2013

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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.
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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 …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: On marriage, Kennedy in control  —  Analysis  —  Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in an unusually candid process of elimination of options in public, on Tuesday worked his way through the ways for dealing with California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage and seemed strongly tempted to just take a pass.
Megan McArdle / The Daily Beast:
Why Gay Marriage Will Win, and Sexual Freedom Will Lose  —  In the future, gay marriage will not only be legal, but practically mandatory.  —  In some sense, it doesn't really matter how the Supreme Court rules on the gay marriage case it's hearing today.  The culture war is over on this front, and gay marriage has won.
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court justices signal dodge on gay marriage ruling
Discussion: CNN, Politico and ABCNEWS
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The reducio ad absurdum of American constitutional jurisprudence
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   The Justices Are Not Ready To Bring Marriage Equality To Alabama, And They Want Prop 8 To Go Away
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Justices Appear Cautious On Same-Sex Marriage Rights
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Steele: Priebus ‘crapping’ on my legacy  —  Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele continued to feud with his successor Reince Priebus on Tuesday, accusing the current chairman of “crapping” on his legacy.  —  “I kept my mouth shut for two years because, hey …
Discussion: Politico
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jon Tester backs same-sex marriage  —  Montana Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday endorsed same-sex marriage, joining the party's new public consensus on the issue.  —  Tester joins Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Mark Warner of Virginia in endorsing same-sex nuptials, and Jay Rockefeller …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Advocate, Hot Air and Taylor Marsh
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Maine Senator's Marriage Position Remains Murky
Discussion: Hot Air
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 …
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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
Julie Pace / Talking Points Memo:   Obama To Appoint First Female Secret Service Director
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: The Week
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 …
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 …
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:
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?
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
South Carolina special a toss up  —  PPP's first look at the special election in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District finds a toss up race.  Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch leads Republican Mark Sanford 47-45 and ties Curtis Bostic at 43.  —  This is a Republican leaning district …
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: BBC, Guardian and Spectator
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
David Keene, NRA President, Has No Regrets About Newtown Massacre Response  —  WASHINGTON — “We had to change the subject,” said David Keene, as if making an obvious, unobjectionable point.  —  We were sitting at the back table of his favorite Italian restaurant.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Weekly Standard
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Killing Chain  —  Let's say you were writing a novel about a homicide.  You'd want to describe the killer's neighborhood and family background.  You'd want to describe his school, his culture and his gang.  —  You'd want to describe how he got into crime, his prior arrests …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Banking gavel could fall to Wall Street critic  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), one of Wall Street's harshest critics, could end up leading the Senate Banking Committee if Democrats retain control of the Senate in 2014.  —  Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), who has led the Banking Committee since 2011 …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Johnson's retirement a challenge for Dems
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Nefeeder / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Eagle death at Nevada wind farm brings federal scrutiny
Discussion: National Review
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Ted Cruz flip-flopped on guns, Democrats say
Discussion: Mediaite
ProPublica:
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing
Discussion: NPR, The Verge and American Prospect
Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Natural gas industry group lands senior API lobbyist for top job
Discussion: Politico
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: MO Dept. of Revenue Subpoenaed On Backdoor Gun Registration With FEMA and DHS
Associated Press:
Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct
USA Today:
North Korea threatens Hawaii and U.S. mainland
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Firedoglake
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Newt Gingrich: Republicans Can't Win Just By Beating Up Hillary Clinton
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
The Huffington Post:
Christopher Stanlane Kills Son, 10, While Cleaning Gun, Police Say (VIDEO)
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Shatner ‘appalled’ by IRS ‘Trek’ spoof
Discussion: Yahoo! News, Twitchy and The Raw Story
Ben Casselman / Wall Street Journal:
College Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs
Discussion: Via Meadia and Gawker
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
An America that is losing faith with religion
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
The Cruz Birthers  —  Birthers, it turns out, can be bipartisan.
 

 
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
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