++The Supreme Court granted a hold on the same sex marriages in Utah.
++The Circuit Court with three GOP women judges will rule--presumably in favor of Texas' anti-abortion laws.
++The Courts will not rule on North Carolina's voting rights until 2015.
++The Guttmacher Institute has published a report that says States have criminalized abortion more in the last two years than the prior decade together.
++Josh Marshalll at TalkingPoints printed a useful chart of GOP obstructionism against Obamacare,showing the dramatic difference between states which embraced it and those run by the GOP that didn't. More than 5 million eligible for health insurance will be excluded in red states.
++Ed Kilgore at Washington Monthly points out that there is not likely to be a counter-revolution by Democrats this year, especially in the governor's races. I still hope Pennsylvania, Maine and Florida will change.
++Michael Gerson in today's Post writes about how the tea party has ruined conservatism and urges the GOP to adopt constructive conservatism. He previously got it right that the GOP is well-equipped for 2014 by-elections but not for 2016.
++For reasons that escape me, Charles Schumer believes there will be movement on immigration reform this year.
++The Senate passed one procedural hurdle on the UI extension. There are at least two left. Mitch McConnell wants it tied to a suspension of the individual mandate on Obamacare.
++The House will be in session a stunning 112 days this year. The GOP strategy is to do absolutely nothing to spoil any chances of re-election.
++President Obama has submitted 64 nominees, mostly for judgeships. Many were already nominated but the Senate never got around to them.
++And Colorado is out of dope.
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