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10:30 AM ET, March 28, 2013

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David von Drehle / Swampland:
How Gay Marriage Won  —  Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets for the Supreme Court's historic oral arguments on same-sex marriage.  Some hoped that the Justices would extend marriage rights …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Conservatives wary of Chief Justice Roberts in same-sex marriage cases  —  Some social conservatives are ready to disown Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts if he votes in favor of same-sex marriage.  —  The conservatives were angered by Roberts's surprise backing of President Obama's healthcare law …
Discussion: Reuters and Boston Herald
David Weigel / Slate:
Flashback: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage  —  Jon Allen follows HuffPost's intriguing advocacy journalism by quoting the few Democrats who haven't endorsed gay marriage yet.  (HuffPost's been straight-up shaming them, naming the senators who have yet to flip and explaining that …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
The SCOTUS ruling the GOP really wants  —  Conservatives watching this week's gay marriage arguments at the Supreme Court are wondering if it will happen again: Unelected justices ignoring the will of legislatures and high-handedly imposing their own wishes on one of society's most divisive moral issues.
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.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Sorry, Justice Scalia: There's no evidence that gay parents aren't great parents  —  During Tuesday's oral arguments, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan asked how same-sex marriage would harm “the institution of marriage”.  “I did not pick this up in your briefs,” she told Charles Cooper, the lead lawyer for the defendants.
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama hopes SCOTUS doesn't punt
Discussion: Althouse
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Judging by Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing, the Defense of Marriage Act can't be defended.
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’  —  And why the fight is far from over.  —  A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama's health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into the Senate Republican leader's office to gauge his reaction.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell's scorched-earth strategy  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky is the Bluegrass State, but by the time Mitch McConnell is done with his reelection campaign, it may be better known for scorched earth.  —  The top Senate Republican is preparing to wage a ruthless campaign to hang on to his job.
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.
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won't back tea party challenge
Discussion: Hot Air
Jenn Taylor / Twitchy:
‘Born to campaign’: Ashley Judd equates running against Mitch McConnell with rape
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
I couldn't help but notice that quote from Alex Pappas' report …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jethro Mullen / CNN:
U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea  —  The United States said Thursday, March 28, that it flew stealth bombers over South Korea to participate in annual military exercises amid spiking tensions with North Korea.  Pictured, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over South Korea's western port city of Pyeongtaek.
Discussion: CBS News and Hot Air
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Edward Jay Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Could Get the Bomb Overnight
Discussion: Power Line
Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
A nation suckered  —  Bilking billions from the government  —  No doubt you were shocked, shocked to learn that Jeffrey Hillman, the “barefoot beggar” who famously received a free pair of boots from a kindly NYPD cop, turned out to be a scam artist who preys on the kindness of strangers …
Discussion: Power Line
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Alabama lawmaker sends shocking RACIST rant to gun-rights constituent, and copies every member of the state legislature  —  A black member of the Alabama legislature uncorked a racist tirade in an email this week to a constituent who urged him not to embrace new gun control laws …
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George Talbot / al.com:
Alabama lawmaker's email: ‘Slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, snaggle-toothed kin folk’
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
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TODAY.com Blogs:
John Edwards' eldest daughter: I was mad, ‘devastated’ about affair  —  Cate Edwards, the eldest daughter of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and author and health-care activist Elizabeth Edwards, speaks to Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview that will air Friday on TODAY and …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Verge
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Zane McMillin / MLive.com:
Hillary Clinton coming to Grand Rapids this summer for Economic Club event  —  GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state to President Barack Obama, will attend the Economic Club of Grand Rapids' 26th Annual Dinner this summer.  —  The Club announced Wednesday that Clinton …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Buzzkill?  Cash-strapped states eye pot tax  —  Now that voters in Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational marijuana use, dope smokers there can light up without the usual paranoid fear that the cops are at the door.  —  The taxman is another matter.
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 …
 
 
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Doug McKelway / Fox News:
What to Cut: Excess federal property costing taxpayers billions
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Hot Air
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Newtown parents press for gun control in Bloomberg group's ad
Politico:
Charles Grassley writing alternative Senate gun bill
Andrew Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Mayor Menino won't seek sixth term
John Ingold / Denver Post:
James Holmes may plead guilty to avoid death penalty, court documents show
Discussion: The Daily Caller, BBC and Deadline.com
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McClellan: One last call to service - end military funeral honors
Jerusalem Post:
Bennett: Erdogan making Israel regret its apology
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Sarah Palin PAC video: ‘Loaded’ for 2014
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Post analysis of Dow 30 firms shows declining tax burden as a share of profits
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Bloomberg Seeks End to Cheap Cigarettes
BBC:
Abu Qatada: Government loses deportation appeal
Discussion: Spectator and The Jawa Report
David Brody / The Brody File:
Are Evangelicals Now More Scorned than Homosexuals?
Pawelmorski / Some of it was true:
Europe: No Need To Worry, The Fire's Downstairs