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.
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By SCOTT SHANE
Two conservative Republican lawyers, Theodore B. Olson and Charles J. Cooper, argued opposite sides of a historic Supreme Court case.
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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.
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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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