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Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx."Full story

What may affect court’s same-sex marriage decision?

  As justices review arguments from both sides on Prop 8 and DOMA, USA TODAY’s Richard Wolfe and The New Republic’s Jeffrey Rosen discuss the key points that could swap the court’s opinion on same sex marriage.

Justices appear skeptical of DOMA

  ACLU Litigation Director James Esseks and the Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly join MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts to discuss the two same-sex marriage cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

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NBC Politics: Supreme Court tackles federal Defense of Marriage Act

Bi-national gay couples anxiously wait for marriage law

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  Why GOP has stayed silent during SCOTUS marriage hearings

Top Talkers: The Morning Joe panel -- including the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, Mike Barnicle, Politico's Jim VandeHei, Maggie Haberman and Mike Allen -- discusses the Supreme Court's hearing of oral arguments in two big cases involving same-sex marriage: California's Prop. 8 and the Defens

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ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 2215 GMT ON MARCH 27, 2013WAS717Edie Windsor, plaintiff in the hearing against the Defense of Marriage Act, celebrates after arguments outside the Supreme Court in Washington. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts REUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE

Windsor smiles as she addresses reporters outside after arguments in her case against the Defense of Marriage Act at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington
Windsor smiles as she addresses reporters outside after arguments in her case against the Defense of Marriage Act at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington

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