
Liberal justices warn that guns, same-sex marriage and religious rights could face limits if Texas wins abortion case
CNN
Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights, same-sex marriage, birth control and other contentious issues could be open to attack depending on how the court handled the Texas abortion ban cases that were in front of it Monday.
The court's attention in Monday's arguments was not on its previous abortion precedents -- which will be under more direct examination next month -- but rather Texas' mechanism for enforcing its ban on abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, a point about six weeks into pregnancy.

Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year
Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the US Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary.












