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- A marriage equality bill passed the Washington state senate by a comfortable 28-21 margin. The bill is widely expected to pass the House and be signed into law by Gov. Christine Gregoire (D).
- Virginia’s House of Delegates passed a bill that would repeal the state’s one gun per month purchase limit.
- Justice Ginsburg is in Egypt to speak to judges, legal scholars and students while the nation is determining the shape of its new government.
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed out the state House and Senate legislative maps.
- Supporters of the anti-abortion and anti-contraception Personhood movement have found a new champion in Utah state Sen. Aaron Osmond (R).
- And, finally, Ronald Reagan’s first appointee to the Supreme Court offers this take on the GOP presidential field: ““one is a practicing polygamist, and he’s not even the Mormon.”
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