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8:20 PM ET, March 27, 2013

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: DOMA is in trouble (FINAL UPDATE)  —  Analysis  —  If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that defined marriage as limited to a man and a woman, that law may be gone, after a seventeen-year existence.
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Politico:
Elena Kagan's DOMA ‘gotcha’ moment  —  Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan caught the attorney defending the Defense of Marriage Act in a rare “gotcha” moment — in the eyes of many in the audience — at the high court on Wednesday.  —  In discussing the origins of the law, Paul Clement …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Hill and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Justices Seem Set to End U.S. Ban on Benefits to Gay Spouses  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready on Wednesday to strike down a central part of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman as a majority of the justices expressed reservations about the Defense …
Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan declares her support for gay marriage  —  Sen. Kay Hagan said Wednesday that she supported the right of gay people to marry, saying “we should not tell people who they can love or who they can marry.”  —  Hagan, one of the few Democratic senators who had not previously come …
Reuters:
Supreme Court conservatives target Obama on marriage law
Ricochet Conversations Feed:
Troy Senik, Ed. : The Gay Marriage Fight that Should Unify the Right
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Judging by Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing, the Defense of Marriage Act can't be defended.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, BuzzFeed, Advocate and CNN
Ilya Shapiro / Cato Institute:
If Supreme Court Has Jurisdiction, DOMA Likely Falls, With a Controlling Federalism Opinion from Kennedy Alone
Discussion: Instapundit
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Planned Parenthood's president thinks abortion is headed back to the Supreme Court
Chris Cillizza / Post Politics:
Ashley Judd is not running for Senate  —  Update: Ashley Judd has announced via Twitter that she will not run for Senate.  “After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote.
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CNN:
Ashley Judd won't run for Senate  —  (CNN) - Actress and Democrat Ashley Judd, who was openly considering challenging Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat in 2014, announced Wednesday she was “currently unable” to run for public office.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Politico
Jenn Taylor / Twitchy:
‘Born to campaign’: Ashley Judd equates running against Mitch McConnell with rape
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Manu Raju / Politico:
Obama, Republican senators set second date
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
I couldn't help but notice that quote from Alex Pappas' report …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
‘Rude’ lawmaker Louie Gohmert pulls rank on cops over parking ticket  —  A Texas Republican congressman got into a late-night verbal altercation with U.S. Park Police officers earlier this month, pulling rank in an attempt to get out of a parking ticket near the Lincoln Memorial.
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Idaho teacher investigated for saying ‘vagina’ during biology lesson  —  A high school science teacher in Idaho is under investigation by the state's professional standards commission because he reportedly used the word “vagina” during a biology lesson.  —  Tim McDaniel, who teaches 10th grade science …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Gawker
Renee Dudley / Bloomberg:
Customers Flee Wal-Mart Empty Shelves for Target, Costco  —  Margaret Hancock has long considered the local Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) superstore her one- stop shopping destination.  No longer.  —  During recent visits, the retired accountant from Newark, Delaware, says she failed to find …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Via Meadia and TIME
Darren DaRonco / Arizona Daily Star:
Ex-Tucson mayoral hopeful McClusky plans free shotguns for high-crime areas  —  Tucson residents living in crime-ridden areas could soon receive free shotguns.  —  Operating on the premise an armed neighborhood is a safer neighborhood, a group led by former mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky …
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Group Will Give Away Loaded Shotguns To ‘Take Back’ City From Criminals
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Dave Lee / BBC:
‘Biggest ever attack’ slows internet  —  The row centres on the blocking of a web-hosting company alleged to be hosting spam websites  —  The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history.
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Washington Post:
CIA director faces a quandary over clandestine service appointment  —  As John Brennan moved into the CIA director's office this month, another high-level transition was taking place down the hall.  —  A week earlier, a woman had been placed in charge of the CIA's clandestine service for the first time in the agency's history.
The Atlantic Online:
North Korea Puts Its War Machine on Display  —  Despite massive international pressure, North Korea has been moving ahead with its long-range missile and nuclear ambitions, launching a rocket in December and conducting a nuclear test in February.  International sanctions tightened in response …
Ekropp / George Foster Peabody Awards:
72nd Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced  —  ATHENS, Georgia - Thirty-nine recipients of the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.  The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best …
David Brody / The Brody File:
Are Evangelicals Now More Scorned than Homosexuals?  —  Direct from the school of, “Counter-Intuitive Thinking,” I bring you this question: When it comes to the issue of same-sex marriage, are Evangelical Christians actually the ones more ridiculed than homosexuals?
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Local Airport Closures Cause GOPers Sequestration Anxiety  —  We've noted previously that outside Washington D.C. — where politicians and reporters obsess endlessly over inconsequential but high-valence things like White House tours and Easter egg hunts — sequestration is beginning to cause real harm, and political pain.
Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Oops, TSA guy goes spray-zy!  —  A bumbling TSA agent “playing around” with a pepper-spray container at Kennedy Airport fired the caustic liquid at five fellow screeners yesterday, sending all six to the hospital, a source told The Post.  —  The agent, Chris Yves Dabel …
Discussion: Gothamist and The Daily Caller
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cate Edwards ‘devastated’ by father's affair  —  Cate Edwards, the daughter of John Edwards, was “devastated” to learn about the affair that shattered her father's political career, she said in an interview that is slated to air this week.  —  “Yes, he told me” about the affair …
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Obama moves rule to tighten background checks on gun buys  —  The Obama administration is moving to shore up the federal criminal background check system as part of the president's effort to curb gun violence — with or without help from Congress.  —  A proposed rule meant to improve …
 
 
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
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BBC:
Abu Qatada: Government loses deportation appeal
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Talking Points Memo:
Lawyers Say Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect To Plead Guilty To Avoid Death Penalty
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
New York Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn Embraces ‘Pushy Broad’ Label
Discussion: CNN, Capital New York and Gothamist
Pawelmorski / Some of it was true:
Europe: No Need To Worry, The Fire's Downstairs
Discussion: Brussels blog and National Review
Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
Tucker Carlson To Host Fox News Morning Show
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House defends Secret Service pick
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and CNN
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Same Sex Marriage and Gilligan's Island Game Theory
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Poll: 80% of Americans unhappy with Washington
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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