In Today’s Times
- Six of the Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to share a sense of something akin to buyer’s remorse after accepting the momentous case of whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry, Adam Liptak writes. They appeared torn over whether this was the right time and right case for a decision on a fast-moving social issue.
- Senator Tim Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in 2014, opening up a potential opportunity for Republicans in the state, which President Obama lost by a large margin last year, Jennifer Steinhauer writes.
- President Obama appointed Julia A. Pierson to be the first woman to lead the Secret Service, an agency best known for protecting the president, vice president and their families â€" in spite of last year’s prostitution scandal, Peter Baker reports.
Around the Web
- A gun store in Arizona blocked Mark Kelly, the husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, from buying an assault rifle after the owner learned that he was buying it as a “political stunt designed to demonstrate how easy it was,†The Hill reports.
- Politico: Former Representative Todd Akin’s infamous “legitimate rape†comments have been turned into an episode of “Law & Order: SVU.â€
Happenings in Washington
- There will be a vigil in front of the White House on Wednesday in support of the prisoners in their seventh week of a hunger strike at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp.
