| If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please click here |  By ADAM LIPTAK and PETER BAKER Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's questions in a hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act suggested he was prepared to side with the Supreme Court's four liberal members to strike down a central provision.  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Mary Bonauto, of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, has only a sideline seat this week, but she spent a decade plotting a careful strategy. More Politics  By SCOTT SHANE Two conservative Republican lawyers, Theodore B. Olson and Charles J. Cooper, argued opposite sides of a historic Supreme Court case. The Lede By THE NEW YORK TIMES The justices heard arguments about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.  By JOHN ELIGON and ERIK ECKHOLM Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the nation's toughest abortion restrictions into law on Tuesday, including a measure that bans the procedure as soon as six weeks into a pregnancy.  By PETER BAKER Julia Pierson, a longtime agent who joined the service after three years as a police officer, is taking over at a time when the agency is still recovering from a scandal.  By JENNIFER STEINHAUER The decision by Tim Johnson, a Democrat, not to seek re-election opens up a potential new opportunity for Republicans in a state that President Obama lost by a large margin last year. | Multimedia The Times's John Schwartz dissects the questions posed in the case against the Defense of Marriage Act. Times reporters offered analysis of the hearing, with audio excerpts, over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's law banning same-sex marriage. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, reacts to new laws that nearly eradicate abortion rights in North Dakota. After witnessing the same-sex marriage hearings, The Times's Scott Shane assesses the questions posed by the Supreme Court justices. |  |
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